NN

To Charis (comment 135)
You asked – ‘NN, do you believe that God has given husbands “final decision making authority”?’

That is a very delicate question to answer – to answer it one would first have to determine what exactly is meant by “final decision making authority.”

Of course each of us has in ourselves the ability to make decisions – whether they be in accordance with authorities in our lives; parental, marital, employment, governmental, or God Himself.
Furthermore of course if ever a lesser authority directly contradicts a greater authority then the greater authority overrules the lesser: thus if the government requires the renunciation of faith in God the government is to be denied. Barring this, it is the nature of any authority to give authoritative decisions – thus Caesar had the authority to put the apostle Paul to death despite its injustice.

So I guess it depends upon what you might mean by “final authority” but hopefully that addressed the origin of your question.