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Physical and/or and emotional laziness, mostly the latter. Not being willing to put callouses on their soft hands (proverbially speaking) and dropping the burden whenever it starts to get uncomfortable. Not loving through suffering and leading as an example of endurance, becoming content with...

It's not complicated. Humans have the simple task. God manages all affairs, and all we have to do is receive His will and obey it. Step 1: Read the Bible. Step 2: Obey it (and so not deceive yourself, James 1:22) So if a man is to be competent to lead as Christ leads and love as Christ loves...

It is grotesque and shameful, and I would have death before having any part of it. I couldn't agree more with Ecclesiastes 7:26: "And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall...

This is a diamond of wisdom, Peter, that I wish I could shake your hand for. The simplicity and beauty of desiring to please God, fully surrendered, at any cost. That we fail to do this doesn't surprise me. What does surprise me is how many Christians desire to fail this way and regard it not...

It's Isaiah 3 all over again my friend. Men are not leading, they don't want to lead, and the women are becoming arrogant and turn aside to hear from many teachers what their itching ears want to hear. 9 out of 10 of them will probably never repent of their futile and ungodly striving for...

I laughed out loud at this. Not because I disagree, but precisely because I do. But, in a strange turn of events in our culture, it is mostly women who don't profess Christ who are most unashamed of looking for a man greater than themselves, "marrying upwards" as they might say. A good majority...

You may be personally unconvinced, but the Bible says the husband is head of the wife "even as" Christ is head of the church, and that a husband is to love as Christ loves. So, being the head in like manner and loving in like manner, he would discipline his wife in carnal representations to...

1. God on many occasions withdraws Himself and His blessings and ignores His bride/church for a time. 2. God is perfect love (1 John 4:8), thus this can not be unloving discipline. 3. Jesus and the Father are one (John 10:30) and the same yesterday, today and tomorrow (Hebrews 13:8). The God of...

I couldn't agree more. Getting married quickly is the biblical way. You only need to do two things: Profess to be a Christian and profess to take vows seriously. The reason I say profess, is because while many people think waiting to "figure a person out" is wise, people can fall away from the...

And alas, finally something pertaining to fundamental reality from the eternal Creator of the universe. I agree completely and already live out all of these (though obviously imperfectly), as I am happily obligated to. You would do well to do the same with your obligations as a woman. I...

You don't have to say the exact words any more than Jesus has to say "I am God, worship me!" verbatim to have been communicating that. You respond to biblical quotes repeatedly by saying you will not change according to them, but your mind clearly is predisposed to believing secular sciences...

I'm not sure why you are repeating your point about not being concerned with how I interact with my wife. It is irrelevant because I am talking about neither you nor me, but practical ways that every husband needs to behave to image God to His wife accurately (answering biblically the question...

As previously noted, from the biblical perspective, the unsubmissive woman is the narcissist because she thinks she is above the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5-8). The unsubmissive woman is controlling of things God has not given her control of (Ephesians 5:22-33, 1 Peter 3:1-6) and...

And this is why Scripture said people would no longer endure sound doctrine and walk after their lusts, including despising authority (2 Timothy 4:3, 2 Timothy 3:3). This is why the Scripture says the holy women of the past put their hope in God by submitting to their husbands, because holiness...

Each situation will be different, but generally, if there is a disagreement between the husband and wife, he will compassionately consider her reasons for disagreeing. If ultimately he does not agree with her reasons, then he makes the final decision and answers to the Lord, good or bad, and she...

Sure, every way in which Christ leads His church. The husband doesn't replace Christ, but he represents Christ and therefore has the authority of Christ without direct contradiction to Him (note, the contradiction has to be direct, not merely something Christ wouldn't do to the same degree, 1...

Certainly. Interestingly, I find that the way God keeps everyone humble is that their greatest weakness is interwoven with their greatest strength. People with a gift of boldness and discernment are often too harsh; people with a gift of mercy are often too gentle. That's why we're a body and...

Agreed. Salvation is by design so simple a child could do it (Luke 18:16-17). Spiritual gifts are necessary for growing the body, but to receive salvation, everyone is humbled by the "weakness" and "foolishness" of it (1 Corinthians 11:22-31). It is by faith only, towards which a work can not...

Well I am glad to hear things are better for you now. It is a story that goes both directions until Christ redeems it all: The good times will eventually turn to trouble, but the troubled nights will eventually end in a new day. Just abide in Christ through it all, and remember both are from the...

Let's summarize it this way: When you can literally be the Son of God and still be crucified, there is not a hope in the world that we'll escape suffering of all kinds, including some more severe. We need to be thankful in the good times, and continue to praise God in the bad (Psalms 34:1)...