Dave

Mark said, “You cannot be in authority and submit to the same person…it’s an oxymoron- because to be submissive means to be subordinate, and to be subordinate excludes the possibility of being in authority over the person you submit to.”

Mark, p[lease use your dictionary. In it you will find that subordination and submission are two very different things. For starters, subordination is a result of hierarchy. It is a result of one being over another and can happen through legitimate social relationships, but can also simply happen through abuse and the stronger dominating the weaker. A person has not choice over whether or not they are subordinate, it is dictated by the hierarchy.

Submission, however, is something that someone can choose to do. I can choose to submit to my subordinate. If you doubt this, then perhaps you should look at God’s example in Christ Jesus!

Lets use words correctly and stop redefining things to suit theology!