tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post8366121491810475197..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Submission, Mutual Submission, and Final Decision-Making PowerVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-57312201437546932092010-02-05T12:00:04.403-07:002010-02-05T12:00:04.403-07:00In Ephesians, Before that passage about wives and ...In Ephesians, Before that passage about wives and husbands, you get this statement. <br /><br />5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.<br /><br />Now if you have a two-way submission, it doesn't look as if that invest on or the other with final decision-making power. It seems to imply that even though one side is submitting, the other side can also submit. She's supposed to submit, but he isn't supposed to lord it over her and show her who's boss. That's why I suspect that the standard complementarian interpretation of the passage doesn't do justice to it.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-12111074599280237452010-02-04T02:29:27.682-07:002010-02-04T02:29:27.682-07:00If headship does not mean 'final decision-maki...If headship does not mean 'final decision-making power' what does it mean?kbrownenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-82255522926434143402010-02-03T20:44:10.209-07:002010-02-03T20:44:10.209-07:00I don't think it's possible to *prove* the...I don't think it's possible to *prove* the external world exists, but I'm sure enough of it to get by...Dustin Crummetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356151917921815698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-70187719220465704502010-02-03T20:27:13.125-07:002010-02-03T20:27:13.125-07:00As to tithing, there's a good argument that ti...As to tithing, there's a good argument that tithing is not a command for the New Testament church: it was a funding mechanism for the Old Testament priesthood, but never commanded in the New Testament.<br /><br />The meaning of "headship," is very subjective. Clearly, the modern trend (outside the Muslim world) is toward female empowerment.<br /><br />But do you really think that it's possible to prove one position "right" in any objective sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-21111389510560309982010-02-03T17:48:43.648-07:002010-02-03T17:48:43.648-07:00It seems like in a Christian framework that headsh...It seems like in a Christian framework that headship has to translate into an "in the Lord" sort of thing--sort of like a child only obeys his parents "in the Lord" but not when told to do something contrary to God or to God's Love. So if tithing is commanded it seems that this conclusion is not only not required, but precluded from possibility: When the husband goes against the Law of God the wife's higher obligation would still be, clearly, to disobey him in favor of that law.Dan Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013884098326991088noreply@blogger.com