One of the wonderful things about divine revelation is the absolute fairness that it exhibits. Paul did not simply exhort wives how they should act towards their husbands, he also directs husbands regarding their role in the marriage relationship. So it is with regard to parents and children. Having urged children to be obedient, he then turns the spotlight onto […]

One of the great tragedies of the modern era is the lack of respect that children have for their parents. Many parents seem to have given up completely any idea that it is their responsibility to control or discipline their own children, and consequently children grow up with no concept of obedience to any authority. The apostle Paul reinforces the […]

If the Christian wife is to be submissive to her husband, the Christian husband has the solemn obligation to love his wife. It may seem a strange thing to speak of love as an obligation, especially when the word love is used so often to refer to a romantic kind of emotion that can fluctuate with circumstances, but the concept […]