I believe in male headship. I believe that the Church’s historical position and the abundant biblical record make clear that the clergy is a calling for male leadership alone. I believe women ought to submit to their husbands. I believe feminism pre-1960 and post-2017 are absurdly wrong-headed. But I also believe a man should listen to his wife often and continually. I believe he should cherish her through every part of the day. I believe a wife’s opinion is to be treasured more than mom’s or grandma’s or sister Suzy’s (no offense, whoever you are). I believe women are to be respected at home, made to feel like queens, encouraged to think well, empowered to communicate authority to her children and disagree with their husbands.
Brothers, headship means humility. Humility means sacrifice. Sacrifice means presenting your wife to Jesus as a radiant bride.
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” -Paul
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