General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, authority, and submission. See this index. This series on sanctification in marriage began its life in response to an ongoing topical discussion of marital sanctification at the Sigma Frame blog. Recently, after posting “16 Bible Passages for Teaching Wives and Daughters …
The last time I wrote about GunnerQ, in “Lying to Combat Lying“, was when he falsely accused me of lying and misrepresented the biblical teaching on telling lies. In that post I laid out how being wrong is not lying, but requires intent. Remarkably, Gunner agrees with me that lying …
I have read the posts at Sigma Frame for a number of years now, participating in a number of discussions. My intuition (and feedback from the beloved “professorGBFMtm”) leads me to believe that Sigma Frame is hovering at an inflection point. The Suspicion One of the things that has set …
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 …