Embracing and living from the truth of who you are in Christ
Wives are taught and expected to submit to their husbands, based upon what Paul says in Ephesians 5. But, does this word “submit” imply the submission of a subordinate to the one over her? What kind of submission is Paul referring to in Ephesians 5?
The New Covenant had a profound effect on the status of women. Women are no longer daughters of Eve any more than men are sons of Adam. We are all in Christ and have access to the full inheritance and rights of the firstborn son.
Luke’s gospel stands out from the others because of his frequent representation of women. He highlights and elevates women in a way that does not compromise the message of the gospel but is an expression that men and women work side-by-side as equals in the Kingdom.
Are leadership roles in the church limited to just men? Are women barred from exercising any authority over men? If we say yes to either of these questions, we are going to have to wrestle with the fact that God raised up a women to lead Israel, and to exercise authority over men: Deborah.
The Proverbs 31 woman has been help up as the quintessential godly woman, the essence of a domestic, well-behaved woman of “biblical femininity.” A deep dive into the passage reveals a gap between our understanding the the original language.