Elastigirl

NN,

You posed the following question to Cheryl:

If two christians are in genuine dispute over the correct course of action on a matter and are unable to come to an agreement, what course should they choose?

If such a dispute were between you and one of your best pals, or your brother, what course of action would you take? You would have no “rank” to pull nor authority card to play. What do you do in such a situation?

I would hazard a guess that your approach would work just fine in your marriage, my marriage, or anyone’s marriage. The fact of the matter is our lives are full of relationships without any “additional constraints on proper conduct” beyond mutual respect and mutual submission. Tough disagreements can be worked through (surely not without compromise, sacrifice, some pain), but just as surely without any need to “pull rank” or play the authority card to reach the resolution.