This is such an important topic and I believe on the top of God’s mind for Laodicea. You have laid out God’s heart beautifully, we all need to heed this wisdom.
I great appreciate your work and I am always challenged by your writing. In this article, there is a statement that is unclear to me. I promise you, it is something I am missing, but I want to find what I am missing. "Funny thing is, patriarchalists believe women deserve such privilege. We’ll hold the door. We’ll go get the car in the rain. We’ll walk street-side on the sidewalk. But it’s going to come with the catch that you relinquish the male roles you do want so you don’t get saddled with the ones you don’t." It's the opening of the doors for women...going to get the care in the rain....walking on the street side of the street....is that wrong? What am I missing? Thank you for all of your work. I deeply appreciate it!
Oh no, not at all - women deserve such special treatment. I’m just saying they can’t expect such special treatment as the “weaker vessel” AND get the privilege of leading.
This is exactly it, too. As a young woman growing up in the feminist dystopia of San Francisco, there was an overt lack of consideration for women. I remember trying to get male friends to walk me to the bus stop or home at night and many not even understanding why I’d ask, annoyed to go out into the cold fog. Women take care of themselves so men don’t have to. There is no privilege in this, because women are still biologically weaker and a big, fat target to wicked men who prey on the innocent, all the more so when men aren’t expected to step up to protect the innocent. Giving women leadership positions and faux “equality” doesn’t even produce any kind of real, tangible equity that protects women. It just strips them of the sensibility of good men to protect and provide for them.
Thank you so much, brother Wilkie! I knew it was my misunderstanding or not properly following your writing. I am so grateful you are blessed with that ability. Your writing and teaching are a blessing to me and I know to so many others. Thank you for your time to reply. Brotherly, lennie
As a Christian woman, when I have laid out some similar thoughts with my sisters in Christ they look at me, (most of them), like I’m an alien
This has been going on so long that, sadly, Christian men and women don’t even try to think about doing things differently, rightly
I spoke at a “Ladies Day” a few years back, attempting to teach how we must change fundamentally our hearts, motives and actions in our homes and in worship….it was NOT well received
Even speaking to my husband about it all
The look on his face
He was taught how to keep the peace by being complicit
This is epidemic and sinful…we have all been complicit allowing the disease of feminism to destroy our aim for righteousness
our salvation
There is hope but it must start with me…I do not want to live this lie any longer
Now how to change
Prayer, Love, obedience, with great patience
It makes me very confused honestly now to know how to proceed, supporting my husband…not usurping authority
He was not taught correctly neither was I
We can accomplish with God’s help
We are determined
Hopefully, more Preachers/all teachers will be brave to proclaim these truths and we can make progress in unity of word and Spirit about this
I have a feeling it will not go over well with most
Amen, and amen!!
This is such an important topic and I believe on the top of God’s mind for Laodicea. You have laid out God’s heart beautifully, we all need to heed this wisdom.
Excellent work!
Brother Wilkie,
I great appreciate your work and I am always challenged by your writing. In this article, there is a statement that is unclear to me. I promise you, it is something I am missing, but I want to find what I am missing. "Funny thing is, patriarchalists believe women deserve such privilege. We’ll hold the door. We’ll go get the car in the rain. We’ll walk street-side on the sidewalk. But it’s going to come with the catch that you relinquish the male roles you do want so you don’t get saddled with the ones you don’t." It's the opening of the doors for women...going to get the care in the rain....walking on the street side of the street....is that wrong? What am I missing? Thank you for all of your work. I deeply appreciate it!
Oh no, not at all - women deserve such special treatment. I’m just saying they can’t expect such special treatment as the “weaker vessel” AND get the privilege of leading.
Sorry for the confusion.
This is exactly it, too. As a young woman growing up in the feminist dystopia of San Francisco, there was an overt lack of consideration for women. I remember trying to get male friends to walk me to the bus stop or home at night and many not even understanding why I’d ask, annoyed to go out into the cold fog. Women take care of themselves so men don’t have to. There is no privilege in this, because women are still biologically weaker and a big, fat target to wicked men who prey on the innocent, all the more so when men aren’t expected to step up to protect the innocent. Giving women leadership positions and faux “equality” doesn’t even produce any kind of real, tangible equity that protects women. It just strips them of the sensibility of good men to protect and provide for them.
Thank you so much, brother Wilkie! I knew it was my misunderstanding or not properly following your writing. I am so grateful you are blessed with that ability. Your writing and teaching are a blessing to me and I know to so many others. Thank you for your time to reply. Brotherly, lennie
Hi Brother Wilkie,
Really great article!
Your thoughts are spot on
As a Christian woman, when I have laid out some similar thoughts with my sisters in Christ they look at me, (most of them), like I’m an alien
This has been going on so long that, sadly, Christian men and women don’t even try to think about doing things differently, rightly
I spoke at a “Ladies Day” a few years back, attempting to teach how we must change fundamentally our hearts, motives and actions in our homes and in worship….it was NOT well received
Even speaking to my husband about it all
The look on his face
He was taught how to keep the peace by being complicit
This is epidemic and sinful…we have all been complicit allowing the disease of feminism to destroy our aim for righteousness
our salvation
There is hope but it must start with me…I do not want to live this lie any longer
Now how to change
Prayer, Love, obedience, with great patience
It makes me very confused honestly now to know how to proceed, supporting my husband…not usurping authority
He was not taught correctly neither was I
We can accomplish with God’s help
We are determined
Hopefully, more Preachers/all teachers will be brave to proclaim these truths and we can make progress in unity of word and Spirit about this
I have a feeling it will not go over well with most
Studying and praying about all of this
Thank you for being courageous
I thought Eve’s temptation was not to have asked her husband what he heard God tell him concerning the tree.