This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. There is a word in the New Testament that refers to the master, ruler, or owner of the house, household, or land: oikodespotés (a noun) and oikodespoteó (a verb). It is a compound word made up of oikos …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Over at Sigma Frame, Jack and Red Pill Apostle have coauthored a piece on the biblical male-female marital roles by citing 16 different passages. In the introduction, they set up Headship Submission and mock the notion …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. The previous article “Lying to Combat Lying” discussed what constitutes lying and concluded that it not legitimate to lie in order to fight lying. In this article we will discuss how God wants us to respond …

In “God STILL Has Eyewitnesses To the Bible” (children please do not click the link), GunnerQ took issue with my recent post “Patriarchal Forgery?” and by implication raised the age old question about what constitutes a lie.  There he used some disrespectful language and accused me of being a liar …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Over at Sigma Frame is a pseudonymous comment by “thedeti”:[1] Once again, we need to return to the original source material. Eph. 5:22-24 (NIV) 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to …

This post is a follow-up to the series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. In “The Context of Genesis 3:16” we discussed the evidence of headship in Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter by examining the claims of thedeti. Rebuttal After writing that post, thedeti replied with the following …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. In “The Tennant Authority Structure“, Lexet and Jack discuss the position of Dominic Bnonn Tennant and his commentors with respect to Genesis 3:16. This is a topic that I mentioned in a citation only a few days …

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Note: this version of the essay was updated based on feedback received. A Question A while back, while was I was debating “Headship: Authority or Preeminence?” at the Sigma Frame blog, a couple readers were discussing …

Under my post on the “Traditions of Men“, Scott came by to make a very important point: When I think about non-Christians who may be inclined toward a life of faith, it occurs to me that they must entirely turned off by the amount of mental energy it takes to …

Tradition The last post concluded with a note that what plagues many doctrines is their incorporation of  arbitrary extra-biblical information. Whether it be Headship, Complementarianism, Egalitarianism, Roman Catholicism, or Feudal Christianity (of Radix Fidem), all go beyond the words of scripture to incorporate the traditions of men that the proponents …