What submission is not

Simply or singularly a marriage issue Degrading Silent Fearful Joyless Stifling Dumb Weak Automatic Self-Focused Read the entire post and the brief explanations at The Resurgence. A number of years ago John Piper put together a similar list in his sermon, “Women of Valor for Non-Promise Keepers.” He defined submission in these ways in that […]

Submission defined

I have found John Piper’s statements on what submission is and is not to be very helpful in understanding what Paul means in Eph. 5:22-24. What is submission? What then is submission? It is the disposition to follow a husband’s authority and an inclination to yield to his leadership. It is an attitude that says, […]

Sunday Leftovers (1/16/11)

In exhorting wives to submit to the leadership of their husbands (Eph. 5:22-24), Paul reminds readers that submission is not just to her husband, but to the Lord (vv. 21, 22, 24). And he also reminds wives that there is a relationship between their submission and the way the church submits to Christ. In other […]