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Does the Bible really say that “wives should submit”?

ByKaren McAndless-Davis January 6, 2014January 4, 2014

I grew up in a church where equality between men and women was modelled. Women held positions of leadership and I saw respect and mutuality modelled by my parents and the other adult couples in my life. I did not encounter the idea that a “wife should submit” until I was in my 20’s. As…

Does the Bible really say that the man is the “head” of the house?

ByKaren McAndless-Davis January 4, 2014January 4, 2014

In my second year of university, I went to a huge Christian youth conference in the states. I had a room mate who was from a fundamentalist Christian family. One night we got talking about relationships and she told me, “of course, the man is the head of the household.” I was shocked that such…