10. What about the "wives submit to your husbands" verses?

Did you know that the passages in the Bible that tell wives to submit to their husbands also tell slaves to submit to their masters? If it's wrong to enslave people, then why are slaves told to submit to their slavery? If there's a cultural and contextual reason for slaves to submit to an unjust system, maybe there's also a cultural and contextual reason that wives are told to submit that isn't applicable in our modern societies. Krista explores this idea and how modern readers can apply these verses to their lives in this episode. 

Sources:

Alan F. Johnson, "A Christian Understanding of Submission" link to article

Cynthia Long Westfall, Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle's Vision for Men and Women in Christ

I. Howard Marshall, "Mutual Love and Submission in Marriage," Discovering Biblical Equality

Scripture reference from The Message and the NRSV.

Music, written and performed by Krista Lucich