Carmen J. Bryant, August, 2002
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beatings in one day and under threat that she would be dead before the day was finished,
she shot her husband. A Minnesota court acquitted her of murder after hearing testimony
about the abuse she suffered.
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With what kind of logic can one say that a husband is to be regarded as Jesus
Christ while requiring his wife to obey him in following commands from Satan, even to
the point of committing adultery?
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How can one justify a wife's being forced to ignore
God's commands in order to follow the dictates of a human authority? We are the slaves
of the one we obey.
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Our obedience demonstrates our allegiance, an allegiance that
rightfully belongs only to God. God will not tolerate his glory being given to anyone or
anything else. Considering another human being--even one having authority--as God or
Christ is idolatry.
Me, Obey Him? twists Scripture to promote an offensive and potentially deadly
version of Christian submission. Husbands who try to enforce its principles upon resistant
wives are guilty of spiritual abuse. Wives who submit to its philosophy are not only
surrendering their responsibility to obey the voice of the indwelling Holy Spirit but are
also guilty of contributing to the spiritual downfall of men who would try to be God.
2. Marabel Morgan, the
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Saran Wrap Queen
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According to Publisher's Weekly, Marabel Morgan's The Total Woman was "the
best-selling cloth book in general bookstores in 1974. In its first four years it sold almost
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Alsdurf and Alsdurf, 13-15.
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See footnote no. 5.
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Rom. 6:16.
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Marabel Morgan earned the epithet because of her suggestion that women greet their husbands in sexy
costumes when they come home from work. The
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Saran Wrap idea was actually sent her by a reader.