For many victims of domestic abuse, beliefs about submission and headship within marriage are one of the things that locks them into the abuse. So, at some point, they want to examine and perhaps re-evaluate these beliefs in order to get free.
Biblical meekness is not weakness — By Barbara Roberts.
The woman’s desire in Genesis 3:16 — let’s be consistent with the context and with actual life — By Barbara Roberts.
When do I submit and when do I stand? — By Jeff Crippen and Barbara Roberts.
Should wives submit to harsh husbands just slaves submitting to harsh master? (1 Peter 2 & 3) — By Barbara Roberts.
1 Peter 3:6 — Sarah’s children do what is right and do not give way to fear — By Barbara Roberts.
Sabotaged Submission — By Carmen Bryant (PDF).
What Does “Submit in Everything” Really Mean? The Nature and Scope of Marital Submission — By Steven Tracy (PDF).
The Gospel and Your Marriage — Sermon by Ps Sam Powell.
Complementarity Without Subordination: What Does it Look Like? — By Barbara Roberts.
What Headship and Submission Do Not Mean — By Barbara Roberts. This site page has further reading suggestions.
Helper: You Keep Using That Word for Women. But it doesn’t mean what you think it means. — By Carmen Joy Imes, Christianity Today, August 30, 2022. Carmen explains that the word ”ezer” in Genesis 2 means “necessary ally” or “essential partner”. It connotes teamwork. It does not suggest that woman is to be a servile subordinate to man. It does not connote male hierarchy over women.
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UPDATE Sept 2021: I, Barbara Roberts, have come to believe that Jeff Crippen does not practise what he preaches. He vilely persecuted an abuse victim and spiritually abused many other people in the Tillamook congregation. Go here to read the evidence. Jeff has not gone to the people that he spiritually and emotionally abused. He has not apologised to them, let alone asked for their forgiveness.
