Adorned by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Week 9: Chapter 8 — Submissive to Their Own Husbands
Read Chapter 8 of Adorned. Primary Scripture: Titus 2:5; Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–6.
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No word in Titus 2 generates more resistance — inside or outside the church — than "submissive." Nancy refuses to sidestep it or soften it, and she refuses to misrepresent it. Come ready for a careful, honest conversation.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Before engaging Nancy's argument, name the emotional response this word (*submissive*) tends to produce in you — and try to identify where that response comes from. What experiences, messages, or stories have shaped your gut reaction?
2.Nancy carefully defines submission as a voluntary, Spirit-enabled posture of deference — not a statement about worth or intelligence, not a license for abuse, and not blind obedience to anyone other than one's own husband. How does this definition differ from the caricatures of submission you have encountered?
3.She argues that submission in marriage is rooted in the submission of the Son to the Father — a relationship of equal dignity and different roles. Does this theological grounding change the way you see the concept? Why or why not?
a.How does the Trinity model both equality and order without contradiction?
b.What does it say about submission that the eternal Son of God willingly entered into it?