The Mystery of God
So I am doing a research paper for one of my seminary classes, and the theme of this paper is an investigation into what "submission" really means with the goal of developing a theology of submission. I can across an article in Christianity Today written by Sarah Sumner, an associate professor of theology and ministry at Haggard School of Theology, entitled Bridging the Ephesians 5 Divide . Within this article Sumner seeks to shed light on what message Ephesians 5:21-22 is portraying. I want to share a little bit of what her article has to say, but I would like to offer something that I have connected after reading this article as well. Sumner begins her writting with the basic assumption that Ephesians 5:21 calls all believers/Christian to "be subject to" one another. There is a distinction between two views that can be held in reagards to Ephesians 5:21-22. Becuase verse 22, in the original Greek language, does not contain a verb, it re...