tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971820842270330168.post4194735817847249968..comments2024-01-20T16:28:46.327-08:00Comments on Wordgazer's Words: Gender Roles and Responsibility – Part 1Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971820842270330168.post-69738254628672739132012-05-02T03:47:39.467-07:002012-05-02T03:47:39.467-07:00I think the Bible gives a very clear example of th...I think the Bible gives a very clear example of this in the story of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5). In that story the wife was clearly held just as responsible as the husband, and suffered the same judgement.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982043538182690871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7971820842270330168.post-51781099480676345442012-04-29T14:29:20.660-07:002012-04-29T14:29:20.660-07:00This is an excerpt of some of the thoughts I'v...This is an excerpt of some of the thoughts I've been blogging on the heirarchical view the church (especially in the USA and Evangelical circles) seems to be taking: <br /><br />"...though Christ takes responsibility to love the church, he does also expect her to take responsibility for herself. <br /><br />I cannot agree with a teaching that subtly pushes me under a man-made umbrella of authority, when Christ came to set us free to submit to him out of love. <br /><br />I don't believe my husband is responsible for my issues- I am. <br /><br />A lack of personal responsibility leads to codependence, and Christ doesn't have that kind of relationship with the church."<br /><br />As a military spouse, I don't see our family relationships as a chain of command, because when daddy is gone, I have to run the household, and even when he's here, I take care of a lot of things so he can be free to do his job and college. <br /><br />Someday I may work full-time while he gets his Masters. We support each other, but we aren't codependent on each other, we are interdependent. This is something that grates on a lot of people who weren't brought up to think outside of the box.<br /><br />We do what works for our family, and as an individual we answer to God for the way we respect each other and meet the needs of our family. <br /><br />To pile all the responsibility on one or the other partner in a marriage or family unit breaks the unit, and also leads to this thinking that it's the parents' faults when a child misbehaves...in reality, they choose to misbehave, we can only be responsible to behave as adults in lovingly guiding our children.<br /><br /> Parents aren't meant to live in huge guilt when someday their adult child rebels against God and leaves the faith either! <br /><br />Maybe this is why some people I know are so scared of Cloud and Townsend's stuff because it tells them they need to take responsibility for themselves and set boundaries with people who demand submission... Sad. <br /><br />By the way, your description of egalitarian sounds more like my view of what complementarian really should be...there can't be "lording it over" anybody in the family unit where God is in charge. My two cents!<br /><br />Sorry this is so long, and thanks for the article. ;-)The Blog bites better than the Bullet.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05768775982264747802noreply@blogger.com