Hannah Thomas

gengwall:

You asked:

Hannah – I would love to understand your definition of “role” and how that relates to the activities of daily living that a husband and wife engage in. I see no evidence in scripture that either spouse has a unilateral “job” as it relates to the operation of the family. I therefore assume you are referring to roles on a more spiritual plane, although again, I can’t quite put my finger on any passage of scripture which outlines such a division of labor within the marriage. I am quite curious to know what my “role” is as a husband and, more importantly, what practical activities I need to unilaterally engage in to know I am fulfilling that “role”.
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I think you are getting a response from Piper’s Representative (cut and paste), and what I said mixed up. I was told I didn’t understand ROLES, and when I wrote my piece. It had nothing to do with roles. lol I’m not sure where the roles part even came up to be honest! I have to be honest I think it was a diversion on the part of the gentleman that came.

I think I was being told I was attacking the character of Piper, and didn’t know enough about him before I spoke out against what he had to say on the matter. He never directly told me what it was that I said that he had a problem with. He told me instead he was nice and Godly man, and pretty much I shouldn’t be saying these things.

I had to giggle a bit to be honest. It sounded like an ’emotional’ answer, and I thought women only used those tools. To me there was nothing of substance within his reply. What I wrote had nothing do with roles. It had to do with the damage the children would have to endure as well if people followed his advice. It makes me question what type of response his church would have to the abusers as well. If they can’t remind the women that she needs to get to safety – which I honestly wonder if he feels she has the right to – what kind of response would he give to an abuser anyway…ya know? I mean you don’t wait until its over, and go and get the church. You find a way to safety when you can.