“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in …
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Marriage God’s Way
MARRIAGE GOD’S WAY – SURPRISE Having just entered the 72nd year of my journey through this life, I have much less concern about the effect of the opinions of others on my life. Because that is so, I approach this topic with bold carelessness. INTRODUCTION It is my conclusion, after nearly fifty years in pastoral …
Initial patriarchy
Patriarchy is initially revealed in the first three chapters of Genesis and reaffirmed in I Corinthians 11:3. It is also taught in many other places in the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. It is demonstrated in the lives of godly men and women throughout the Bible. Some non-Jewish men in both Old and …
Godly Patriarchy Is Biblical Marriage
Based on Ephesians 5:22-33, the best way to understand God’s design for marriage is to recognize the relationship between Christ and His churches. A husband is to be to his wife what Jesus is to each of His churches. Too often people only talk about his living sacrificially. I maintain that a dead savior is …
My Definition of Godly Patriarchy
Patriarchy is not limited to Christians, actually it is almost absent among Christians. It is, however, the order and structure of society for every great nation and people in their founding and development. Oftentimes, secular patriarchy has been extreme and insensitive to the plight and role of women. In many patriarchal cultures, women were regarded …