God & Women Chapter Ten
Twist it Brother
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Twist it Brother
Biblical instructions regarding Christian behavior between married couples are no different than for all Christians, married or not. Though the marriage relationship is vastly different and far superior to any other earthly relationship, the everyday etiquette of spouses in attitudes toward and treatment of one another should not only equal but excel in the genuine courtesy and compassion with which all Christians are commanded to extend to others.
It is shameful that courtesy has become a twisted tool for those desperate to demonstrate what they call the “realities” of manhood and womanhood. [1]
In explaining how courtesies can be twisted to masculine advantage, pastor and author John Piper, who claims it is inappropriate for women to hold equal or superior positions to men in the workplace,[2] described some ways in which complementarian men can exert their masculine personhoods over women who may be equal or superior to them on the job.
Piper calls upon men to exert what he calls their “mature masculinity” or “manhood” over women they are not married to, by …
