But I want you to know that the Head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the Head of Christ is God. [I Corinthians 11:3] “Headship” is another minefield of which we have been conditioned to think about in a negative way. Especially in regard to St Paul’s Ephesians 5 […]
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An emailed response to the post “Suffering and the Inevitability of Sin” asks this question: > you wrote in relation to Job’s suffering that sin is not inevitable. > This is a question in my mind as I have thought that sin is > inevitable with our sinful nature. I would need this clarified in
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“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are they among so many?” [John 6:9] One night a man took a little small candle out of a drawer and lighted it, and began to ascend a long, winding stair. “Where are you going?” said the small candle. “Away
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Husbands, likewise, … giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. [I Peter 3:7] As has been dealt with over the last posts, so often we react to a word like “submit” or “helper” without understanding
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St Paul has been presented as one who has been a source of repression over women, but this is a condemnation made without giving him a fair hearing. One of his most famous passages against which there is strong reaction is the Ephesians 5:22-23 passage: Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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