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Does God tell husbands to lead their wives? Yesterday on Facebook, I shared the following update: When my husband and I were complementarian (though, functionally, we both submitted to each other), I was writing a blog post on submission, and I went to grab the verse that says, “the husband is the spiritual leader.” Yeah,…
Does complementarianism enable abuse in marriage? This week on Facebook, we’ve been talking about love, sparked by a post I “fixed” a few days back, where Dale Partridge had told husbands, “Men, don’t just love your wife, lead your wife. Pray with her. Read to her. Teach her Scripture. Take her on a journey to…
Husbands, love your wives. You’d think all Christian men would give a resounding “Yes!” Especially since that’s what Scripture asks them to do. But not all husbands agree. A few days ago, I wrote about Ephesians 5:25, where God commands husbands to love their wives. The clarifying post came after I “fixed” Dale Partridge’s post,…
Are husbands and wives equal? A few days ago, on Facebook, I “fixed” Dale Partridge’s and the post sort of blew up. Google’s English dictionary defines Infantilization as “to treat (someone) as a child or in a way which denies their maturity in age or experience” and Dale was painting in broad stripes: women are…
Wives are not responsible for mens‘ sexual sin in marriage. I recently heard a pastor talk about how he and his wife addressed a huge crisis in their marriage. The gist: Prolonged emotional disconnection had led to prolonged sexual disconnection. Sexual disconnection “led” to his sexual infidelity. Rather than help people, here’s what this speaker…