The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective
by Martha Peace
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Author: Martha PeaceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN: 1885904088
Number of pages: 257
Publisher: Focus Publishing (MN)
Book Reviews of The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective
Book Review: Read the book and do the study entirely before you decide about this book.
Summary: 5 Stars
The two viewpoints in these reviews center on one main issue:
What does the Bible mean when it says "submit to your husbands"?
The assertion in this book that a wife is to submit to her husband is no different than how any Christian is to act toward anyone else. She is to lovingly, with a forgiving heart and gracious attitude, be at peace with all people. She is not to let bitterness take root in her heart. She is to put others before herself. She is to go the extra mile to show compassion and mercy and help, especially to her husband who is her closest "neighbor". Our sinful flesh within us balks at this kind of submission, whether it's in the husband/wife relationship or the pastor/church member relationship. We want our own needs met, we think we have a "right" to be happy, and this flies in the face of New Testament teachings.
Martha Peace does NOT advocate submitting to the point of agreeing to sin against God. If a husband asks his wife to do something sinful, like view pornography or not attend church, for example, then the wife's higher allegiance is to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Chapter 5 of this book also outlines how to give your husband a biblical reproof if you feel your husband is sinning against God. The goal of a marriage is to move each other to be more and more like Christ, mutual sanctification. So a wife is NOT expected to sit by and let a husband do anything he wants to her. Chapter 14 explains 8 resources that God in His Word has provided for the wife's protection if her husband is sinning against her.
The goal of this study is not for the woman to worship her husband. It is for the wife to glorify God in her marriage relationship by honoring and submitting to her husband as commanded in scripture, even when it is difficult.
As for a woman working outside the home: Mrs. Peace is more concerned with the woman who takes more delight in her career than in the family God has given her, when her responsiblities to raise her children in the fear and admonition of the Lord are sacrificed so that she can "fulfill" herself in some other way. She does not say that a wife cannot under any circumstances do any of kind of work outside the home. The reviewer who states that this command to keep the home is only for widows is getting I Timothy 5 confused with Titus 2. The I Timothy passage is specifically for widows, especially younger ones. But the Titus 2 passage is for all women, so you can't take one without the other, or that's a scary hermeneutic...
In our consumer culture where marriage is like any other commodity you shop around for and disgard if it doesn't meet your "needs" anymore, this book is a call for commitment, endurance, and ultimate joy-a joy that results when you surrender your will and desires to the Lord and let Him transform your marriage.
Summary of The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective
Here is a scripturally based blueprint for the woman who truly desires to be the wife God intended her to be. This book is based on Proverbs 31:10: An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels." Thousands of women have already discovered the worth of this volume and testify to lives and marriages changed because of a commitment to the principles presented here. If this is a commitment you have made, or want to make, The Excellent Wife answers the difficult questions facing you today.
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