tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post1043239665719706115..comments2023-10-26T01:37:49.599-07:00Comments on The Evantine Abbey: Tub TimeEvan B. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-73001356549184420102010-07-07T14:08:40.879-07:002010-07-07T14:08:40.879-07:001. Men do not admit to their elders the kinds of t...1. Men do not admit to their elders the kinds of things they admit to their wives, and it is impossible for an elder to point out the evil of something they are unaware of. <br />2. The logic of this post points to the idea that all wives should regularly tattle on their husbands if their husbands, say, struggle with porn addiction, workaholic tendencies, yelling at the children, etc.<br />3. Rest assured, this sort of thing would result in marital disaster, particularly for the kind of man for whom this is a deadly-secret problem. The man would "repent," and then proceed to keep away from his wife so she couldn't tattle on him again.<br />4. "Submit yourselves to one another" applies to every Christian relationship. <br />5. Obviously, any correction needs to be done with a pure heart. But I imagine that the earnest pleading of a "subordinate" might be more effective than an edict from on high.Ibidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917932517349711431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-596550719532711492010-06-04T12:01:02.231-07:002010-06-04T12:01:02.231-07:00I think it is possible to offer a corrective uphil...I think it is possible to offer a corrective uphill but, as Paul says, "only as you would correct someone you believe to be your better." If one actually looks uphill at a flaw, that flaw is not an encouragement to complain. We tend to conclude that a flaw in others necessarily bestows a condition of superiority to ourselves. In modern times the social arena is mobile because we measure all by perception of merit. We seem dispositionally unable to see demerit in someone without lowering them in the hierarchy. If you stay humble, you will offer correction humbly, and either be heard gratefully because of your non-uppity voice or punished for stepping out of your place, which as a Christian you will take patiently. The non-uppity voice must carry no punishing in its tone. The lower is not there to punish but your better's overlords are. Your tone is one of hopeful and helpful content that can bless the masters in their self-correction (at your encouragement) so that they might avoid the punishment of the lords.Evan B. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070442133774056436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19005814.post-51213465657029269772010-06-04T08:35:11.533-07:002010-06-04T08:35:11.533-07:00Paul says that when correcting an elder it should ...Paul says that when correcting an elder it should be done as you would a father. Seems like that correction is going up hill. What say thee? Is there a time, a place, a manner, in which a husband can be corrected by a wife, or will it, by definition, not be accepted because it is from her?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748227662115587798noreply@blogger.com