This article is Week 11 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. Talk about marriage roles and you can feel the temperature in the room change. Some remember teaching that sounded more like a power grab than the love of Christ. Others are longing for clarity but nervous that words like “headship” and “submission” will be misunderstood. Yet those very words sit in our Bibles—not as landmines to avoid, but as part of a beautiful, if challenging, picture of what it means for husbands and wives to reflect Jesus together. Week 11 is about stepping into that picture with open Bibles and soft hearts. Scripture never presents roles as a…


