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What are the biblical roles of husbands and wives?
November 9th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Here is a classic complementarian position of the roles of husbands and wives. Understand it well. Notice how emphatic he is at the beginning that this issue is ‘clear.’ Notice how he automatically connotes the meaning of the metaphor, ‘head.’ Notice the emphasis of the husband to be a tie-breaking vote (when Paul’s point to [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 16 of 16)
August 26th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Summary and Conclusion We have looked with fresh eyes at this passage in Ephesians 5, conclusions I’m still learning to understand. Yet at this point in my journey, I notice the profound desire of God’s heart for all followers of the Messiah to submit one to another, even in marriage. I know it’s daring and [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 15 of 16)
August 25th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Love and Respect The last verse in our section, verse 33, reads like this, However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Many popular marriage lecturers capitalize on this verse. They even say that a woman’s greatest need is “love” and a [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 14 of 16)
August 24th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Verse 32 reads, This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. Regardless of how we interpret this, it must fit into the message of “submit to one another” that we’ve seen already. Some believe Paul refers to the purpose of marriage as being, from the beginning, a picture of Christ [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 13 of 16)
August 23rd, 2008 by Dale Fincher
The Husband’s Body Verse 28-31, In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, people have never hated their own bodies, but they feed and care for them, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 12 of 16)
August 22nd, 2008 by Dale Fincher
The Work of Messiah Verse 26-27, …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. This is the work of Jesus on the cross. Yet I’ve heard respected [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 11 of 16)
August 21st, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Masculine culture and love Love and sacrifice give life. The metaphor stretches the text too much for me if “head” is “authority.” A true “authority” must always protect himself, seal up the vulnerable cracks, put up the best defenses, and refrain from showing any weakness. It would be foolish for the commander to spend his [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 10 of 16)
August 20th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Masculine culture Men jab at each other, “Who wears the pants in your family?” Or “Get your wife under control?” Or they often think to themselves, “I don’t want to look weak in front of the other guys!” Once when I was renting a trailer, I stopped by the depot to pick it up. The [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 9 of 16)
August 19th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Details for Husbands Paul turns from the wives and launches into details for husbands. Verse 25 says, Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her… Remember when I mentioned earlier that the culture was strongly patriarchal and that women were largely inferior to men across the Mediterranean [...]
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The Mystery of Submission – Ephesians 5 (part 8 of 16)
August 18th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
What is not hereLet me make a special observation about what is not in this Ephesians 5 instruction to women. There is no mention of “roles” of wives nor reference to how wives are “wired.” Nothing about staying home with children or keeping house. No mention of a need for spiritual guidance for wives. No [...]
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