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Children: How to Avoid Regrets
Time Management: Doing God’s Will
Money: A Biblical Point of View
The Secret of Job Contentment
Wives: How to Be Happily Married
This last one caught my eye. I was curious what advice this book has to give men about their wives, so I flipped to page 116 and managed to scan the entire chapter before my co-worker got off the phone. We then had a rather long, heated discussion. I won't bore you with the details, I will just present, for you amusement, some of my favorite pearls of wisdom from The Man in the Mirror:
"A man’s need to be respected far exceeds a women’s need"
"Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord (Ephesians 5:22). Your wife’s duty
is to submit to you, which is the ultimate expression of respect."
"Your wife’s submission to you is to be in the same manner, or equal to, the way
she submits to Christ. Don’t you think that puts a pretty large responsibility on you as the husband?"
"Women take exception to this concept of submission. It just seems archaic to many women… The word "submit" translates from Greek into English as "to subordinate, to obey, or to submit one’s self unto." The goal of this instruction is not to reduce women to servants and doormats, but to provide an authority structure in the marriage."
"In any business organization, high productivity and good morale result from a
clearly defined authority structure…When our marriage doesn’t run by God’s
authority structure… "morale" and "productivity" go down. Some women even
join feminist groups – marriage’s version of the labor union."
"How has your "management style" contributed to her morale?"
"Hate and Resist Marriage: a prominent example in the 1980s is J.R. and Sue
Ellen Ewing. In the Hate and Resist marriage the wife nags her man, she idles the day away, and she contends with her husband’s authority. He keeps several girlfriends around town."
"Hate and Submit Marriage: Edith and Archie Bunker – he is the domineering
emperor of his house and she is the submissive attendant to his demands.
If this sounds like your marriage… turn it around by following biblical
commands: Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your
wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner… (1 Peter 3:7)"
"Love and Resist Marriage: The feminist movement has fueled the Love and
Resist marriage syndrome. But today a professional woman overly devoted to
her career might be a …example of the resistant wife. The two-income family
puts extra tension on a marriage.
Several years ago, my wife started feeling inadequate because she was "just a housewife and mother." After some discussion we realized she was being influenced in her thinking by the editorial bias of certain women’s magazines. She promptly cancelled her subscriptions."
"Love and Submit Marriage: Abraham and Sarah, and Joseph and Mary, two
prominent examples characterized by love and submission."
8 comments:
Let me just I say I in no way agree with this book. Yuck. It makes me sick. Thats why I believe in the sun god. He loves and hates everyone equal.
Although, I do want to say as your best brother I don't think it is worth getting into a heated convo with a fellow associate. You could just ask if he believes everything the books says. If he answers with a yes then you will know who really will be burnt by my god.
I asked him if he agreed with it and when he said yes and started explaining why, I just found it impossible to hide my shock and dismay.
Get thee behind me, Woman!
Lada, as you may know my beliefs or the lack there of I have come to find that there are a few things you just can't and shouldn't speak to people about.
One, is politics for many reasons. Although number reason number 2 is usually why.
Two, Religion. You just can't win against radical muslim, radical christians, or radical buddhists.
What else is there to say other then their radical.
Lada I miss you and love you sis.
Daws122 out.
I would also like to make a comment on my comment.
Always proofread before hitting submit.
Daws122 now out.
If you don't disagree with people who have different opinions then you, then there is no one to disagree with them!
I won't be quiet just because they are stubborn. In truth, I am equally pig-headed and sure that I am the one who is correct.
Don't worry; I don't anticipate things ever escalating to fisticuffs.
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