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Summary: does this not scare you, just a little bit?
Review: I don't wish to offend anyone, but I have to say that I find the fundamental concept of this book not only insane but deeply deeply worrying. In a world of domestic violence, rape, child abuse, and God alone knows what else, this book is not only misguided but dangerous.
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Summary: Excellent Biblical explanation of the topic of submission
Review: I found the book to be non-compromising, yet "easy to be entreated", and "peaceable". Nevertheless it IS controversial, and not all embrace the message. Even though the topic is scriptural, and the presentation clear.
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Summary: Learn to respect submission by being submitted. Read D book!
Review: I give this book a five star rating because it is simply delightful and invigorating for the married couple as well as those thinking about tieing the knot.If you're already married it teaches you that submitting to your spouse is not the end of the world. Infact, it's really only the begining. The examples and illastrations used are so connecting. The referenced scripture makes the reader aware of the fact that God wants both men and women to be submitted to each other. I used to think that submission applied only to the woman but since reading this book I now realize that submission is a two way street. How could you expect your wife to submit to you if you're not submitted to her? What I've really learned is that submission is so very easy because you only have to submit to GOD. Once you have submitted to God, submitting to your spouse is a piece of cake. To P.B. Wilson, the author, I don't know if you realize it or not but you are going to be the cause of a lot of marriages being saved. Thanks for this great book and thanks for opening my eyes and my heart.
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Summary: Don't listen to the negative responses!
Review: I have read this book a few times through, and continue to pick it up from time to time. I have been with Jesus for a little over 4 years and in my early 20's, but have found this book extreamly useful. I don't believe at all that she is teaching men or women to merely be door mats, and if you think that, read it again becasue she even addresses that. It's about seeing things through the eyes of Jesus who lead a PERFECTLY SUBMISSIVE LIFE----even unto death!!!!!!!! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Think about it, if He had not totally submitted, you would not have salvation!!! I think that she has a really good understanding on this subject, and that she explains it in a very basic way. I'm not surprised at all at the mass rejection of this book in some of the reviews that I've read. It's controversal, not because it's off, but because it's opposite what the world tells you---it's biblical, and like Jesus said, if they hate Me, they will hate you. Give the book a try, if you don't like it, it's your life, but if you want a life full of power and reliance upon God, look it over. We are not here to do our own will, we can do that as unbelievers. We are here to do the will of the Father and to lay our lives down for one another. God bless.
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Summary: I Don't Think So
Review: I tried to read this book with an open mind, but what the author is proposing that grown women act like docile children within their marriages, instead of equal partners. I do not view the subject of submission the way the author does. It appears that she lets men off of the hook from having to meet their wives halfway on different matters. Men aren't being told to to compromise here; instead, their wives are told to do everything their husbands tell them to do, even if they know that it may not be the best solution at all times. Only people who wish the clock turned back to the times when women had no voice--either inside or outside of the home--could appreciate this book. I cannot recommend this one at all.
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Summary: This book single handedly changed my life & my marriage
Review: Liberated through submission has given me the boldness to stand up and say that my desire is to be a submitted wife and the reasons why. Before I read this book, I sat silently when other women exploded about the forbidden "s" word. The Bible tells us clearly to submit and I did, as an act of obedience to God, however, I did not like it. As a result of reading Bunny's book, not only do I want to submit but I recognize that I cannot afford not to. I am now "Liberated" because submission allows me to step back and watch God move! Bunny shares many intimate details about her life that made it easy to identify with her. Her self-disclosure really helped to make the message real. You'll laugh, you'll cry, but most of all you'll be changed by reading this book.
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Summary: I liked it and I'm not a submitted wife
Review: Marriage should be a partnership. I am a Christian woman and I find the idea of a wife submitting to a husband relevant only at that time in history (around 60 C.E.). In the 1st century wives were property. Submission was a relevant issue when Jesus first lifted these women out of their oppression. But wives being subject to a husband--just like slavery, racism, arranged marriages,inbreeding, head covering and polygamy-- were common and accepted at the time, but offensive and outdated in our society. We are *all* one in Christ Jesus. (Gal 3:28) However, for women who interpret everything in the Bible literally and/or choose to submit to their husbands, this book gives excellent instruction on submitting without handing over your entire identity to a man. Mrs. Wilson makes it clear that submission doesn't mean the husband is biblically granted the right to be an abusive tyrant and the wife a mindless baby-making machine. It is obvious that she has written this book with love and sincerity. And humor, too! This book was purchased for a friend; I popped some corn and sat down to read with the intention of ridiculing Mrs. Wilson and her conservative, old fashioned ideas. My friend was raised in a Christian home and was taught that she has absolutely no say as to what goes on in her marriage, in her life and with her children. She married a verbally and mentally abusive man who calls himself a Promise Keeper. This book was a godsend for her. God bless you Bunny Wilson! (PS--Betrayal's Baby was the BOMB!)
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Summary: Good book based on God's word
Review: My wife read this book and it really helped her with the understanding of the principles of submission found in the Bible.
I read it also and I found it very balanced and scripturally based. Satan deceives women into thinking submission will be a pure hell and he tries to encourage the opposite behavior, which is control. I believe this book can help many women and men see how God views submission and it will help liberate their lives! Glory to God!
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Summary: Why submit?
Review: Now, I havn't actually read this book, but I think I can judge it just by the topic. How is submission freedom? It may not be slavery, you might be able to do things in your life, but you will always need to have his approval. What if your opinions on things vary? What if you want to go to a girl's night out, but he refuses to let you because he wants to have"family time" watching tv. That is not fair, and if you submit to that just because he is your husband. It wouldn't be the end of your marriage if you did things that you wanted to do, even if he had something else in mind.
To the woman who said, "Even more valuable is the man, who after a lifetime of societal miseducation, can finally come to understand why his natural instincts and urges to lead, protect, and provide have been so handcuffed!" Who says they were miseducated? Men are macho and they think that they are the cat's meow. Why should we support that making them more arrogant and controling. There are many women who like to lead, and they definently would want to protect their husband, but we can take care of ourselves. We have a voice and we have a right to make it be heard. Marriage is not a wife morphing into the husband's double, it is the two marrying to create one. Half and half of each person. Frankly I can't even believe that a book like this would exist. And as for Jesus submitting to death, he was not submitting to his husband. He knew that this he was an instrument in carrying out the big plan of God. I don't think that applies for this whole wife and husband thing. Who says that the husband must be the dominent one? Is is written in the Bible that men are closer to God than women are and that women are ok, as long as they do whatever their mini-God says without comment? Maybe I missed that part.
You are turning into Stepford Wives!! Why should we treat our husbands as God? We already have one god and are not suppost have have any more. And why should the wife summit? Are we more inferior than the male? If some wives are submissive to their husbands, then there should be some husbands that a totally submissive to their wives. No? Why not? Well, then maybe we can just have an EQUAL partnership, nobody unwillingly submitting, just talking it out and and making compromises. Getting the best of both worlds. The man should love you for who you are, not who he wants you to be.
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Summary: Why submit?
Review: Now, I havn't actually read this book, but I think I can judge it just by the topic. How is submission freedom? It may not be slavery, you might be able to do things in your life, but you will always need to have his approval. What if your opinions on things vary? What if you want to go to a girl's night out, but he refuses to let you because he wants to have"family time" watching tv. That is not fair, and if you submit to that just because he is your husband. It wouldn't be the end of your marriage if you did things that you wanted to do, even if he had something else in mind.
To the woman who said, "Even more valuable is the man, who after a lifetime of societal miseducation, can finally come to understand why his natural instincts and urges to lead, protect, and provide have been so handcuffed!" Who says they were miseducated? Men are macho and they think that they are the cat's meow. Why should we support that making them more arrogant and controling. There are many women who like to lead, and they definently would want to protect their husband, but we can take care of ourselves. We have a voice and we have a right to make it be heard. Marriage is not a wife morphing into the husband's double, it is the two marrying to create one. Half and half of each person. Frankly I can't even believe that a book like this would exist. And as for Jesus submitting to death, he was not submitting to his husband. He knew that this he was an instrument in carrying out the big plan of God. I don't think that applies for this whole wife and husband thing. Who says that the husband must be the dominent one? Is is written in the Bible that men are closer to God than women are and that women are ok, as long as they do whatever their mini-God says without comment? Maybe I missed that part.
You are turning into Stepford Wives!! Why should we treat our husbands as God? We already have one god and are not suppost have have any more. And why should the wife summit? Are we more inferior than the male? If some wives are submissive to their husbands, then there should be some husbands that a totally submissive to their wives. No? Why not? Well, then maybe we can just have an EQUAL partnership, nobody unwillingly submitting, just talking it out and and making compromises. Getting the best of both worlds. The man should love you for who you are, not who he wants you to be.
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