Sue

All biases aside, authority existed BEFORE the fall and sin! As NN has clearly pointed out, authority is not the sin, it’s the abuse of it that is the sin.

And may God give authority over a woman to the first sinless man.

NN wrote on his blog,

“And in each case the apostle acknowledges that these relationships are not symmetric. And we see that in the marital relationship – when there is “Eros” that this leads to the specific instruction of the wife to submit to the husband AND the husband to take responsibility over this to exercise a sacrificial love to care for his wife.”

NN,

Why have you so explicitly and openly denied the message in 1 Cor. 7 that the physical relationship must be at all times and in every way symmetric?

I am very sad tonight as I see my daughter very upset at this teaching. It is centred on the submission of women to the erotic desire of men. I can’t say what I think. It is not fit for anyone’s ears. Christianity needs a thorough cleaning up.

NN.,
Please understand that others do not find any goodness or purity or honour in this teaching. We have lived the sorrow and would do anything to withdraw this sin and sorrow from another generation.