Does the Cross Glorify Passive Acquiescence to Violence?

“When asked for the secret of a happy marriage, the answer is the same as the secret to a blessed and happy life. ‘Take up your cross, and follow Jesus.’ I would add that the responsibility to put to death our old nature belongs to every Christian, as MacLeod so admirably teaches. But it is doubly laid upon the husband when Paul also writes, ‘Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.'”


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