Lydia

“Another side issue with this: I’ve encountered a number of young wives who get “into” CBMW/comp theology without/before their husbands are indoctrinated and then either manipulate their husbands into assuming aspects of “authority/headship” or lament the fact that their husband refuses to lead because the wives feel shamed for not being able to adhere to the “rolebook.”

This is pretty typical. For one reason, more women tend to be involved in church than men and they pick up on this and take it home. I know one woman who waited 20 years praying for her husband to be the spiritual leader before she realized how much time she had wasted and her kids went lacking from her spiritual guidance at a young age. Her husband simply was not going to step up to the plate.

So, not only did her kids get short changed from her spiritual guidance but they were indoctrinated that the man has to do it in the home.

It is all so silly and senseless. It gets people focused not only on themselves but on others and their roles. Instead of on Jesus Christ.

gengwell, I know quite a few comps who cannot stand Eldridge for the reasons you give: Fleshly/worldly. one comp I know and like a lot says it is fairy tale stuff. And he is right. What if that “beauty” has a masectomy or a horrible disfiguring accident. Then what?