Elastigirl

RE: Tiffany’s coment 566:
“…authority……However I still maintain that in a marriage where both are seeking Christ it is basically a non issue.”

But crucial for dicussion and understanding. John Piper, whose huge audience seems to consider as one of the primary voices for the complentarian position, has more or less stated that a wife’s submission to her husband’s authority includes her putting up with a smack or two from him. (post from August 21, 2009)

This is how one of the founding fathers of the current complementarian movement defines it for us.

Tiffany and others reading who embrace complementarianism, you may disagree with John Piper’s statement to some degree, you may be appalled by it. You may say this would never happen when the husband is seeking Christ. But the fact remains that this and other statements similarly downplaying violence toward wives from other famous complementarian voices are out there for all to digest.

If I and my daughters are expected to submit to this kind of authority, then it is an enormous issue.