Does the New Testament support patriarchy ?
December 28, 2025 The first and second readings of today give us several rules on how to deal with family - “ H elp your father in his old age”, “ F athers, do not provoke your children”, “ W ives, be subject to your husbands” and so on and so forth. In today’s day and age, however, some of these rules may seem outdated, even problematic , while others are still acceptable . But then isn’t the Bible the W ord of God and shouldn’t we therefore follow all these rules as they all form part of what we believe is the W ord of God? Or is it OK for us to just cherry pick th ose rules that make sense to us and dismiss the rest? How then do we find a way to pass through the horns of this dilemma ? Perhaps this insight may help us. Most ‘successful’ religions ( actually all ideologies), are usually based on an insight or what we call, a theology , an understanding of our relationship with God or the Ultimate Reality, that usually stands the test of time and ...
