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08-08-2005, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ArmsOfLove

This wife is then warned that her command man dh will not take out the trash, have mercy on the sick and dying, or have any interest in hearing about her thoughts and ideas.

Regardless of your opinion about who should or shouldn't submit, this is a description of an abusive and controlling man :/

Exactly. My husband just read a blog post this past week where a woman was extolling the wonders of this book. Apparently she had written to Debi Pearl many years ago, and Debi Pearl sent her a response--a response that was harsh and ripped into her. But this woman was greatful for that! She creditted it with saving her marriage.

It made me think of someone who had posted on these boards 6 months or so ago about how she had written to Debi Pearl for advice about a difference of opinion she and her husband had regarding care of the family dog. Debi likewise ripped into her.

I thought back in the GCM case, and I commented to my husband in regards to the recent blog, that Debi responds like a bitter wife. She seems like someone who has been forced into a role that she doesn't really want...but she is trying to be super Christian about it. But her bitterness comes to the surface so easily. Perhaps the content of her messages to these two women was what they needed (though I didn't think so in the GCM case), but where does she get support in scripture for her tone? We are told to correct each other GENTLY. It is only when a brother or sister in Christ resists correction that we are to respond more forcefully.

Jenn

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