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About Zach Lambert

Zach is the founder and Lead Pastor of Restore Austin, a church in urban Austin, Texas. He is a native Austinite who moved back to the city to start Restore after receiving his Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife Amy love watching live music, discovering local Mexican food places, and parenting their biological and foster kids.

Sex, Supper, Submission

January 11, 2018 by Zach Lambert

woman making dinner

A few months after we said “I do,” my wife, Amy, and I attended a class for newly married couples at our local church. Each week, we were taught a different topic by a different teacher intended to help us grow in our marriage. That week’s topic was “Women’s Roles.” I remember sitting in that room like it was yesterday. The teacher walked into the room, strode up to the whiteboard, and wrote the following list:

SEX
SUPPER
SUBMISSION

She then said, “Ladies, these three S’s are the best way to remember your role in marriage.”

I could feel Amy stiffen in anger next to me. I began laughing involuntarily. I assumed the statement was a misguided joke meant to alleviate the tension in the room. But after I got a “stop laughing, moron” look from the teacher, I realized something horribly tragic: this wasn’t a joke at all. I was stunned.

Filed Under: Difficult Passages, marriage and family Tagged With: Colossians 3, marriage, submission in the bible, Zach Lambert

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