“Why should the woman submit…? We must reject the traditionalist answer, namely that women are not decisive enough. The fact is that many wives are more decisive than their husbands. So why are women called to this position? … the answer to that question is another question. Why did Christ become the one to give up the authority to the Father? We don’t know. But it is a mark of his greatness, not his indecisiveness. Women are called to follow him here. But remember, taking authority properly is just as hard as granting it.”
— Kathy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God, Appendix
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
— God, Isaiah 55:8-9
“This ‘foolish’ act brings unparalleled stability and unity to marriages, and non-Christians also make this claim.”
– Christ-centered ANR, Proverbs 5:19 ANR Apologetics
“27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.”
— 1 Corinthians 1
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
— Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 12:9
“Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
— 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Things that look weak, shameful and taboo to man are often noble to God, and vice versa, because we have very different value systems.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
— God, Isaiah 5:20
“What is highly esteemed among men is an abomination to God.”
— Jesus Christ, Luke 16:15
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