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NLQ FAQ: Does Someone Always Have To Be In Charge? Part 1

February 21, 2012
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NO LONGER QUIVERING FAQ: DOES SOMEONE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE? PART 1: HUMAN AUTHORITY IN THE BIBLE

by Kristen Rosser ~ aka KRwordgazer

God has ordained authority structures in every area of life.  In every enterprise someone has to be in charge– otherwise there will be anarchy and chaos. Even within the Godhead there is authority: God the Son submitted to the will of the Father. Doesn’t a solidly biblical worldview require a chain of command within the Christian family?  A family is not a democracy, after all.  In saying husbands should not be in charge of the home, aren’t you just attacking one aspect of God’s divine plan for authority?

It cannot be denied that human societies need some form of law, to protect people from being harmed by one another, among other things– and that laws need someone with the power to enforce them, or they are useless. But is this idea that “someone always has to be in charge,” that there is a chain of command in every area of human life, actually taught in the Bible?

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The God Card: Ask Your Husband

April 6, 2010
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Print FriendlyHow to Figure Out What to Do With Your Life, In One Easy Step: Ask Your Husband  The God Card ~ Thoughts on Patriarchal Teachings by Journey   Guidance for a wife is a very simple matter.  It seems to boil down to just asking your husband.  We have to remember that it is the man, the husband, that God designated to be the head, the authority in the home.  –Genevieve M. White, in Daughters of Sarah, p. 59 The woman who wants to be in control is a wife who is in rebellion towards Full post …

The God Card: Thoughts from The Excellent Wife

February 11, 2010
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Print FriendlyThoughts from The Excellent Wife The God Card ~ Thoughts on Patriarchal Teachings by Journey Someone in the church told me that I should have known it was abusive when my husband was controlling my life (the details of which are in the parts of my story that I have shared thus far here). It’s like these people don’t realize that the very books they recommend Christian wives to read are the very books that taught me that my husband was not abusive but was, rather, a godly man. For example, in the popular Full post …

The God Card: Subordinate But Equal

January 27, 2010
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Print FriendlySubordinate But Equal (Piper and other Complementarians on ‘Biblical Womanhood’) The God Card ~ Thoughts on Patriarchal Teachings by Journey  The patriarchy camp loves to say that, at the core, it believes men and women are equal.  A common phrase goes something like, “Men and women are equal, but simply have different roles to play.”  The statement often works like a charm.  After all, hey, they just said men and women are fundamentally equal, right?   People playing different roles isn’t necessarily bad.  In fact, it’s usually positive.  Images of actors on state are conjured up Full post …

New NLQ Series: The God Card ~ Thoughts on Patriarchal Teachings, by Journey

January 13, 2010
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Print FriendlyA Good Man Will Make Sure Those Dishes Get Done (by Repenting For His Failure to Make Sure His Wife Does Them)   by Journey One of the most important things to do, in any arena of information, is to go directly to the source instead of relying on heresay. In posts to come, I intend to introduce direct statements from different leaders in the patriarchy movement, statements that will often include words I myself read, as I sought to obey God as a woman striving after His will, in a marriage that regularly left Full post …