So Done with Patriarchy
Maybe it’s because I just finished reading a paper on Ephesians 5 by a friend who is in seminary. Maybe it’s because #MeToo. More likely, it’s because bad theology that dehumanizes and disempowers anyone drives me up a wall. And when Kaitlin Curtice issued a challenge on Twitter to reply to a post called “Husbands, Get Her Ready for Jesus” by Bryan Stoudt at Desiring God (John Piper’s website promoting what he calls “Christian Hedonism”, which in practice sounds to me a lot more like “Christian Judgmentalism and Legalism Wrapped Up in Gilt Paper and Tied with a Velvet Bow”, but that could be another post for another time), I decided I’m all over it. Because I am SO DONE WITH PATRIARCHY. A simplistic but ultimately ineffectual post would be to copy Stoudt’s post and swap every husband and wife reference so it puts women in the position of power. Alas, “the Bible doesn’t say that!” would negate the argument right off, so instead, I need to recap and then respond. According to S