Beyond Mediocrity Blog

(Image courtesy of Fine Art America.) “My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them…” (Isaiah 3:12). For thousands of years, societies were governed by the fathers; some still are. This is called patriarchy (literally, “father rule”). In our corner of the world, the egalitarian worldview has mislabeled patriarchy as one of the darkest and most horrible societal structures of all time. For the last sixty years, American society has been ruled by the weaker sex; however, righteous men have finally had enough, as feminism has brought with it unprecedented violence, child sacrifice (abortion), divorce, and promiscuity. [1] [2] [3] [4] In summary, the push by women in the 20 th century to gain a place at the gates, and the equally disastrous consequence of men abdicating their headship, has devastated families, declined society, and softened men.

(Image courtesy of istockphoto.com.) I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man ; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve ; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control (1 Timothy 2:8-15). The Nicene Creed, written in 325 A.D., was one of the first creeds written and formally accepted by all orthodox Christians. The document itself, however, arose out of necessity. The heresies of the day blasphemed...