365 Days of Male and Female Piety What is male and female piety? What is true, godly masculinity and femininity? Our churches have largely followed the world into what I will call a feministic egalitarianism. In other words, the sensibilities of the female sex are now meant to rule over the home, church, and government. This pervades every sphere of life, and all in the name of “equality” or “fairness”. The quiet (or not so quiet) assumption is that women have been suppressed for too long, their voices unheard, their faces unseen in the public square, their influence non-existent in the course of human history. History has been too brutal and bloody without women having at least an equal share of leadership and opportunity. So in the doctrine of feministic egalitarianism, it is safer when women balance out men and keep them in check. Men must be civilized by women, and this is the real “help” that the woman gives to the man that Scripture speaks of. Woman as helpmeet becomes wom...
If I am right as to the nature of woman's mission, I cannot err as to the PROPER SPHERE of it. If she was created for man, and not only for the race of man, but for one man, then the easy and necessary inference is, that HOME is the proper sphere of woman's action and influence. There are few terms in the language around which cluster so many blissful associations as that delight of every English heart, the word home. The paradise of love—the nursery of virtue—the garden of enjoyment—the temple of harmony—the circle of all tender relationships—the playground of childhood—the dwelling of adulthood—the retreat of old age—where health loves to enjoy its pleasures, wealth to revel in its luxuries, and poverty bears its rigors —where best sickness can endure its pains, and dissolving nature expire—which throws its spell over those who are within its charmed circle, and even sends its attractions across oceans and continents, drawing to itself the thoughts and wishes of the man who w...