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From: iba@ics.uci.edu (Wayne Iba)
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Subject: Re: Husband as leader in marriage
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Date: 19 Aug 89 07:46:06 GMT
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Many people get bent out of shape about this submission thing in marraiges.
Especially in light of how women have been treated in our society and the
recent awareness brought about by the feminist movement.
I would like to point out that while the wife's
lot seems tough, the responsibility on the husband is even greater.  Paul
says "husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and
gave himself up for her ....  In this same way, husbands ought to love
their wives as their own bodies" (Eph 5:25-28).

If a husband takes this command to heart and practices it, I believe
that the wife's submission to the husband never becomes a stumbling block.   

--wayne (iba@ics.uci.edu)