And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (II Corinthians 12:9)

Last month, I suggested that, as we battle the false teaching of feminism that pervades our daily lives, we need to take pleasure in godly femininity. Now, in order to find this godly pleasure, let’s investigate what pleasure is and how to pursue it. And before we can rightly see what it is, we’ll have to look carefully at the false view of pleasure held by our contemporary culture...

This series of blog posts, as the title indicates, is about how women of God can, should, and must enjoy the pleasures of patriarchy. Last time, I promised that “for the next several months, Lord willing, we will look at how patriarchy is a place of pleasure for God’s woman.”

Patriarchy has a bad name these days. In most circles, saying of a man, “He’s so patriarchal” can only be topped by saying “He’s such a Neanderthal,” because most 21st-century people, even those within Christ’s own church, assume that patriarchy is not only outdated, but backward, out of touch, and—more to the point—wrong...