Lin

“T”his idea that men have some superior godly wisdom or some uniquely male conduit to God has never made any sense to me. ”

Me either. It makes no sense. So, the thing they do is say things like this to beat with a club:

“We must not explain away difficult, but clear, instruction. As Christians, we must trust God?s counsel for the home. Failure to trust God?s will can only bring turmoil and unrest.”

So, their scholarship is right and all others are wrong. That is what it boils down to. They are the authorities. The more I hear them (and I have since the 80’s in all venues) the more I see this is a horrible sin trap for THEM.