Cheryl Schatz

Welcome to my blog lmb!
I agree with your good comments.

Power and unilateral authority by one person in a marriage is not God-honoring. The model for Christians has always been servanthood not power. It is funny how the complementarian model has added the word “leader” to the word “servant” as if the wife needs someone to lead her other than Jesus. This reasoning causes people to see women in a less than equal light as she becomes even less than child-like. At least children grow up, mature and are able to make personal choices without having to have someone “lead” them. That is of course unless the child is a girl. Then she will grow up…sort of….to find someone who will take the position of being her leader. All this does is take away the focus from the Lord Jesus and onto a mere fallible man. Our husband is not to be our “leader” but he certainly can lead. Both the husband and wife can lead by example in doing what is right. But neither of them is to be the “leader” because one is our Leader, one is our Teacher, our Master, our Lord and the one who is owed full obedience. That one is our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.