Misused Scripture Spare the Rod
People often cite "Spare the rod, spoil the child" as a Bible verse about the need for spanking children.
"In my day, my dad beat me with a belt, and I turned out
Ezekiel, Husbands, and Christ
New Testament authors routinely took Hebrew Bible metaphors and redeemed them by re-reading and reinterpreting them through the lens of Christ.
In my church's Ezekiel Bible Study this week, we wrestled with Ezekiel
The one time "authority" is used to describe marriage relationships
Conservative Christians love to obsess over who has the authority in a marriage between a man and a woman. They'll tell you about Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3. They'll talk about headship and wives submitting and the metaphor of Christ and the church.
Misused Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:12 "I do not permit a woman to teach"
There's a significant portion of the church that believes that women are not allowed to teach. Maybe they can teach kids or other women, but they can't have authority or teaching authority over
Misused Scripture: Ephesians 5:23 "The husband is the head of the wife"
Headship ≠ Leadership
Last time I talked about how Ephesians 5:22 needs to be read in the context of the verse above it's not just wives that need to submit to their husbands