Mistake #6: Thinking submission is inherently evil — submission was not a bad word in biblical culture, though it is in modern culture.
Mistake #6: Submission is inherently evil
Mike argues 'submission' is a bad word in modern culture but was considered good in biblical culture and in the Bible itself. Christians are told to submit to church elders, yet most modern pastors would feel tension saying this aloud because the culture hates the word. This anti-submission belief permeates egalitarian writings as an unproven, unexplained assumption.
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Ephesians 5:18-33
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Colossians 3:18-19
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1 Corinthians 15:28
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