Authority or Unity in Marriage?

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Abandon Ship! Consider the following argument: (1) A godly marriage requires a husband’s authority and a wife’s submission (2) It is nearly impossible within our current cultural and legal framework for a husband to assert authority …

Choosing one or the other

This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. What’s the difference between Headship Submission and Unity? In discussing the Headship Submission Model and the Peaceful Unity Model, commentator Trey Magnus asked a simple question: Why does it have to be one or the other? I …

Axioms of Faith

This is part of a collection of rebuttals, responses, and replies. See the index. Analyzing the axioms of sola scriptura and sola ecclesia. This post in a response to Jack at Sigma Frame. For context, see the comments at “Are Common-Law Marriages the most Biblical?” Axioms The quotations Sola scriptura is the …

John Chrysostom vs the Red Pill

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. The prophets of modern red-pill wisdom like to think that it has its roots in ancient tradition. I frequently run into comments that assert that what I believe is a modern corruption of the plain, ancient …

Male-Female Roles in Marriage

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 …

Fighting Evil or Doing Good?

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 …

Divine Command Theory

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 …

Headship Submission

I’ve written extensively on various topics related to “partriarchy”, “headship”, “authority”, and “submission” from a biblical perspective. I’ve written many articles, most of them are related to each other. Word Studies “Kephalē in the New Testament: A Review” “Kephalē in the New Testament: The Meaning” “exousia vs authentein” — The …

The Context of Genesis 3:16

This is part of a series on patriarchy, headship, and submission. See this index. Let’s continue where “An Analysis of Genesis 3:16” left off, this time discussing the comments of prolific commentor, thedeti. His comments are illustrative of some common arguments that I’ve seen. Intermingled Context Thedeti begins his exegesis …

Patriarchal Forgery?

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 …