How far does submission extend? Is there anything to which a wife should not submit? Are all women required to submit to all men? Does submission mean men can do whatever they like to their wives? What about physical or mental abuse? In any discussion of submission, some obvious and legitimate questions arise. To answer […]
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Jesus and Isaac’s Submission to Their Fathers
The summer after eighth grade, I flew from California to upstate New York to work on my uncle’s dairy farm. Being thirteen years old and having no friends in the area, I had to find things to do to entertain myself. A bull stood at the end of the barn staring straight ahead all day. […]
Isaac Is a Type and Shadow of Jesus Christ
In a previous post I explained the two-fold reason God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. First, He wanted to test Abraham (Genesis 22:1). Second, He wanted a picture of what He would do with His Son two thousand years later. Isaac is one of the clearest types of Christ in the Old Testament. Here are […]
Understanding Submission
If you are an American, I have bad news for you. You may have more trouble with submission than most people. Submission is considered not only un-American but downright anti-American. “Give me liberty or give me death,” was Founding Father Patrick Henry’s famous declaration during the American Revolution. And, indeed, Americans value liberty more than […]
How Wives Win Over Husbands the Right and Wrong Way
If you’re a wife, Peter tells you how not to win over your husband (with words). And he tells you how to win over your husband (with godly conduct): Wives submit to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, you may win over your husband without a word by your actions, when […]
The Fall’s Effect on Marriage
We say, “The Fall of Man,” but this can be misleading, since it sounds as though only man was affected. A better title would be “The Fall of Creation” because all of creation was affected. Life After the Fall Before banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, God outlined what life would be like in a […]
