Cheryl Schatz

Mark,

First of all my comment #156 was posted quite a bit earlier. I am not sure why it arrive on the blog page late.

Mark you said:

Let me say that the normal picture should reflect Christ and the Bible- an egalitarian model does not do that.

That is taking a stab at egalitarian marriages and you shouldn’t do that since you don’t live in our homes or see our respect. You aren’t qualified to judge that.

Secondly the Bible says that the law of the Father and the law of the Mother are to be obeyed. If we set the husband up as the authority in the home and the mother is not set up as an equal parental authority, then the kids may have a tendency to go to father and bypass their mother.

I have seen godly men ask their children what their mother said and then told their children to obey their mother and not to come for a second opinion. This is mutual respect and it shows the children that the mother is also to be respected and her word obeyed just as their father is to be respected and his word obeyed.