Category: Lux Venit Reading Group

Anybody still with me? We’ve reached Chapter 17 of The Excellent Wife, which is the final chapter in “Part Three — A Wife’s Submission.” The final piece of the becoming-an-excellent-wife puzzle is learning to develop a quiet spirit and biblically resolve conflict in marriage. Martha Peace writes, “It is important for you to learn how…

is what comes out of my mouth. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34 How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongues is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on…

Honoring Christ: Key to the Wife’s Motivation SummaryHow have you responded so far to the biblical teaching on submission presented in The Excellent Wife? Peace begins this chapter explaining that wives’ responses can range anywhere from objective acceptance to absolute rejection. “Few wives naturally have the right heart’s attitude to be submissive to their husbands.…

Are you still with me? We’ve made it to chapter 14 of The Excellent Wife together! Only seven more chapters to go. You may recall from chapter 13, Peace writes, Some Christians teach that a wife must be totally submissive to her husband even when he is sinning against her (eg. threatening her or actually…

After posting Friday, I received a couple of messages from women wanting to listen to that broadcast in which Nancy Leigh DeMoss shared about being a woman under authority. I found it! The program I heard was FamilyLife Today. DeMoss was the guest for all of last week’s broadcasts. You may want to take some…