Alison

It seems like the traditionalists want it both ways. They want the wife’s submission, and they want the husbands to be able to get away with anything just short of murder. The two things can’t exist in the same space, and it’s sickening how traditionalists like Piper try to force them to. It simply does not make sense, and it goes back to the old double standards that have existed for men and women since the dawn of time.

Enough. We as Christians aren’t called to be like the world, and this includes the way we treat each other, especially in the most intimate of our relationships. Grady’s reading of the Ephesians passage in question is dead-on, Cheryl. Thanks for sharing it. I plan to print this article and show it to some of my “submit-no-matter-what” sisters at church. Even though they are well-intentioned, they are complicit in situations of abuse, and should be held accountable for enabling it to continue. Let’s continue pulling back the carpet and exposing this line of thought, until all of our marriages in the church give glory to God, without putting either partner in jeopardy. I don’t think God is glorified by that.