CTBHHM: The Woman Was Deceivd
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 106—108 This chapter is called “The Nature of Man and Woman.” Last week, in the first section of this chapter, we learned that it is in men’s nature to beat their...
View ArticleCTBHHM: You Only Think You’re Spiritual!
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 109-10 Women, in general, give the appearance of being more spiritual than men. They like to dabble in soulish thoughts. There are many ways of expressing spirituality,...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Adam Knew (But It’s Eve’s Fault)
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 110-111 Debi has previously said that God creates men with armor and women without, so that mean can use their reason to stand against Satan’s temptations and make...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Don’t Take Your Husband to Church
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 110-114 In this passage, Debi turns to famous women of the Bible to illustrate women’s proper role. She starts by discussing Jezebel, rehashing some of the same points...
View ArticleCTBHHM: The Proverbs 31 Woman Served Her Husband
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 114-116 Proverbs 31 defines the virtuous woman. She is NOT a mousy, voiceless prude. She is confident, hardworking, creative, and resourceful. In this section, Debi...
View ArticleCTBHHM: An Army of Two
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 117-118 Hold onto your hats, because this week is going to be an interesting one. In this section, Debi is heavy on the military metaphors, and it gets pretty intense....
View ArticleCTBHHM: In Which Debi Can’t Read Genesis
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 118 Debi starts this next section with a quick overview of what is required of a help meet: God tells us that we are to be help meets: We are to submit, obey, and even...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Women Can Be Effective Leaders—So What?
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 119-121 Some of you have noted that Debi’s getting a bit repetitive. In future posts I’m going to try to move more quickly through parts where Debi’s simply restating...
View ArticleCTBHHM: In Which Debi Has Scientific Proof
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 221-222 Debi starts this section with these reassurances: So, is a woman a second-class citizen of the kingdom? Is she to be a subdued, brow-beaten servant to the male...
View ArticleCTBHHM: The (Proxy) Bride of (an Abusive) Christ
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 124-127 A wise woman understands that her husband’s need to be honored is not based on his performance, but on his nature and his God-ordained position. She learns...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Only Ever Think Good
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 128-132 In this section Debi goes into more depth about just what “reverencing” one’s husband actually looks like in practice. Her focus in this section is on thought...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Earning Your Abuser’s Trust
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 132-133 ***trigger warning for domestic violence*** This section is called “Earning His Trust,” and calling it that is messed up on about three million levels, as we...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Surrendering Your Autonomy To Another
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 136—37 Sometimes Debi misinterprets Bible passages, and badly. More often, though, she simply adds things, brazenly, and without even offering any of her twisted...
View ArticleCTBHHM: In Which a Woman Dares to Assert Agency
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 138-139 In this section, Debi tells a story. A few years ago, I attended a meeting with my husband where a group of leading men were discussing grave matters, trying to...
View ArticleCTBHHM: The Tale of the Purple Flowers PJ Girl
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 139—40 Before getting to the purple flowers PJ girl, Debi throws in this bit: It doesn’t seem fair that the wife is expected to honor and obey her husband even though...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Pick a Girl with Low Self Esteem (Yes Really)
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 140-141 In the coming pages, we will discuss how we need to cook, clean, take care of your children, etc. These are important and necessary, but the buck always stops...
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CTBHHM: Sheer Terror Is a Good Motivator
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 144—46 Guess what? We’re halfway through the book! We’ve finished the entirety of Part 1! And guess what? I’ve only been at this for 11 months! Another 11 months to go!...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Talk To Your Husband about How You Feel? Ha!
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 147-148 This chapter starts out fairly tame by Debi’s standards . . . and then turns into a train reck before you have a chance to so much as blink. As a reminder, Debi...
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CTBHHM: How To Cook To Please Your Husband
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 149—154 Remember that Debi just got through shaming Jill for not being able to balance sick kids and getting dinner ready at time. Well, Debi’s about to explain to Jill...
View ArticleCTBHHM: Debi Takes Us Back To the 1950s
Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 154—156 Debi begins this section with some history. Liberated to Sorrow Beginning with the women’s “liberation” movement of the 1960s, women have been taught and are...
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