Would God create a system that doesn’t work? He apparently allows ways of living that are less than the best because of the hardness (sinfulness) of people’s hearts (Matthew 19:8). Maybe that is why God has (perhaps heavy-heartedly) allowed patriarchalism to run rampant. But the egalitarian argument that patriarchalism is a result […]
I don’t believe there is much in the way of happy one-way submission in the world amongst couples. Christian hierarchicalists, if they get around to it, try to emphasize that Christian men are to lay down their lives for their wives, but heavens, never submit to them. On the rare occasion that he […]
Relationships that are stuck in a consistently complementary pattern at best tend to be boring and distant and at worst may disintegrate when the same patterns of relating do not adapt to the changing needs of the partners and their tasks.
– Diana Garland, Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide
Jane Fonda has been making the rounds of TV news shows talking about her autobiography that just came out, My Life So Far. Tim Russert interviewed her for an hour this last weekend. Two things that she said about herself struck me as particularly intriguing. First, in describing herself as a feminist […]
According to Diana Garland in her Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide, InterVarsity Press, c1999, the definition of a companionship marriage is one where the marriage partners seek to emphasize achieving deep intimacy with each other through individual growth and self-actualization and excellent communication sharing so that their emotional needs and personal goals can be met. […]
Love each other… more and more, and make it your ambition to lead a quiet life…. Mind your own business and work with your hands.
I Thessalonians 4:9-11 TNIV
All the pursuits of men are the pursuits of women also, but in all of them a woman is inferior to a man. — Plato: The Republic V.v.
I hate a learned woman. May there never be in my abode a woman knowing more than a woman ought to know. — Euripides.
Women are […]
One of my daughters gave birth to a PhD last January. The other just gave birth to my first grandchild, Micah Terrance Hansen, last night at 9 pounds 12 ounces and 22 inches long. I’m in Orlando helping the parents in whatever little ways I can. How wonderful it is to see […]
Evangelicals believe that the Bible is the inerrant, inspired Word of God that is the final authority for faith and practice. Serious differences appear, however, in translating what the Bible says into practice. Hierarchicalists believe that the Bible says that God ordains separate roles for men and women as a part of the […]