In episode 24, I’ll be doing a review on a book which deals with a vitally important topic that is almost never addressed in our day, even by conservative pastors and nouthetic biblical counselors (NANC or ACBC), and that is the issue of an abusive or a reviling wife. As you will see from both this podcast and this book, the results are absolutely devastating.
Men have been emasculated. Women have been taught to worship themselves. Pastors have been taught to see real godly men as arrogant, proud, controlling, and threatening. The Patriarchy has been abandoned. Complementarianism is really just Egalitarianism in disguise. The created order has been turned on its head. This is a very serious problem.
A healthy marriage is the primary and essential building block for healthy churches and a healthy society. Yet, the feminist movement has crept into even the most conservative denominations and churches, including many of the best churches among the SBC and the PCA. This is not a Baptist problem or a Presbyterian problem. Feminism is everywhere.
Feminism isn’t a minor theological error, it is truly demonic. As you will see: bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness in an unrepentant reviling wife opens the door for demons to enter into her and the home. The reviling wife declares war on her husband, and is guilty of sinful manipulation and making false accusations, and yet she is not held to account.
Therefore, we will turn to Scripture to address this issue, and we will see what it has to say about marriage, the family, the respective roles of husbands, wives, and pastors. This will of course leave many people with questions relating to their personal circumstances, but this will at least give a general overview, which I hope will be a helpful starting place.
I cannot recommend Dr. David Edgington’s books, “White Knights and Reviling Wives” highly enough. It truly is a must read for pastors, biblical counselors, marriage counselors, and every husband and wife. This book is a desperately needed resource in our time, well written by a faithful pastor, doctor, and biblical counselor. Get it and read it today…
