That's advice from actor Kirk Cameron, who was recently interviewed by the Christian Post. Cameron is currently on a tour called "Love Worth Fighting For," a Bible-based event intended "to strengthen and encourage your marriage."
"A lot of people don't know that marriage comes with instructions," Cameron told reporter Samuel Smith. "And, we find them right there in God's word."
Cameron, an evangelical Christian, was a teen star in the 1980s sitcom "Growing Pains." More recently he has starred in Christian films such as "Fireproof" and "Saving Christmas." He is married with six children.
Cameron offered the Christian Post some other advice about marriage:
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He is correct about that one!
As is typical, report the explosive headline and don't worry about the true substance of his remarks
Truth.
We see the high divorce rate of those who don't.
1:02, yup. I am proof of a selfish, manipulative, wife...or now the ex-wife. (Thank God)
While God does give instruction for wives to be "submissive" to their husbands, He also gives instructions for how husbands are to treat their wives. Sadly a whole lot of men miss the boat on that one. That part of the instruction is never quoted when the submission line comes out.
Wives are supposed to be disciplined under the rule of thumb.
If Cameron was married to the two losers I was married to, he would understand why I didn't follow their leads. They were egotistic asses. Good at wooing until married. Why would I follow that? I followed one man - a lawyer right to the courthouse and got a divorce.
I wouldn't know how to act if my wife was submissive.
!:40 PM You are exactly right!
Jesus said, "The man is the head of the household, just as the Father is the head of the church" It is wrong to be submissive to a female.
I need to meet her sister
He aslo said a man that lays with another man shall be stoned. Is that why gay men smoke pot?
Jesus did say the man is the head of the household and that the wife was to be submissive, but He also said that husbands were to love their wives continually as Christ loves the church. A husband should love his wife with a love transcending all other human relationships.
Husbands also give up their personal rights for the good of their wives. Each are basically being admonished about love. But both have a part to play. It is not just the wife being submissive.
May I assure you...there are MANY happily submissive men out there.
Long ago, someone said the greatest thing a man can do is marry the right woman.
It's absolutely true.
937 has a point, and probably a good wife, something I don't have! Mine was an alcoholic/ druggie wack job bent on killing me or one of the kids. So, against Catholic principles, I divorced her and raised the kids as required. The resulting peace in our house was deafening. Now, they are all out on their own but the last one. God help us all.
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