There’s a movie calledAdam’s Rib that was made in 1946 with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in which their two characters were married and competing lawyers. At one point, Spencer shouts at his wife, “I don’t want a competitor, a competitor. I want a wife!” It reminds me of a book that was just written bySuzanne Venker calledThe Alpha’s Female’s Guide to Men and Marriage: How Love Works. I have not read it but what I have read from Suzanne,…
A woman wrote me this letter recently and I thought many of you would enjoy reading it. I do love receiving letters from wise women who read my blog because they give a different perspective. Interesting circumstance yesterday morning in doing some on-lineresearch for my husband, I came across a blog posting on“Why Your Pastor Should Say ‘No More to BethMoore.” With hundreds of comments listed, I began reading. Whew! Took awhile. As I read, I realized anew why God…
Gary Thomas wrote an article entitled Dear Church: It’s Time to Stop Enabling Abusive Men. He gives a few examples where divorce is the only option. “Her husband is a persistent porn addict watching videos. He has neglected her sexually except to fulfill his own increasingly bent desires. He keeps dangling divorce over her head, which makes her feel like a failure as a Christian. He presented her with a list of five things he wanted to do that he…
A woman’s sister-in-law had posted this on Facebook. She gave me her permission to share it with all of you. Little backstory: she lost her husband in 2012 in a work-related accident, leaving her with eight children to raise by herself. ~~~~~~ We did it again. The water heater gave out on us, so we boiled water on the stovetop and the children found out how to survive without hot water at their fingertips. Yes, they did say, “Looks like…
Normally, I don’t write posts on Saturday and Sunday but I felt compelled to write one today to explain my comment policy. I have done this in the past, but it needs to be explained again. My blog is a teaching blog. I am not going to publish comments that teach things that are contrary to what I teach. If you have an honest question, that is great, but I get comments that are longer than my post explaining why…
Whenever I teach that women are commanded not to be preachers/teachers of the Word but to be silent in the churches as the Apostle Paul has taught, invariably I have women tell me that women can prophesy in the church because of 1 Corinthians 11:5. “But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovereddishonorsher head: for that is even all one as if she wereshaven.” Years ago, I listened to Michael Pearl teach 1 Corinthians, and he taught…
“Why do you think women despise the biblical term “weaker vessel” in describing women?” I asked this question to the women in the chat room and here are some of their replies. “When I was much younger, I had the mentality that ‘I can do anything a man can do. I don’t need a man.’ Sure I always thought about getting married, but I didn’t look at it from a biblical perspective and how valuable each gender is…the strengths of…
As many of you know, I have become convicted about teaching the Bible (theology) to women. I love learning from God’s Word and want to know the truth of it above all. I teach all of the biblical principles of godly womanhood which includes a lot of Bible verses but I don’t claim to be a theologian, pastor, elder, or deacon since God has made it clear in His Word that men are to be the preacher/teachers of the Word….
This was a comment by Trey on my post Giving Men a Voice on Being Starved for Sex. There is not enough plain talk in the world these days. Here are some plain words, spoken in love, to all of you women out there. Too many women want to try and make this a complex issue and discuss it (ad nauseam) from every possible angle. They have a thousand excuses for why they don’t “want” or “feel” like having sex…
Feminists are not strong women as they suppose. They are weak. Strong women don’t get offended at every little thing that disagrees with what they believe. “Modern feminists are afraid of life. They are afraid of differences of opinion, and especially afraid of men.”*Feminists women don’t have the strength to be submissive to their husband. It takes strength to obey our husbands and give up our desires for our husbands and allow them to be the leader of our home….