I saw a cartoon somewhere which showed a preacher crouched in the pulpit area which was arranged like a fortress. He was peering through a crack in what looked like a machine gun nest. The preacher says to the congregation, "Today my text is Ephesians 5:22, 'wives, submit to your husbands." Yes, here is another one of those texts I have run from for quite a while; it is not on the top ten list of the feminist movement of America.

I heard about a missionary in the depths of the Amazon who was talking to a native who had five wives. The missionary said, "You are breaking God's law. You must tell four of the women that you are no longer their husband." The native thought for a few moments, and then said, "I'll wait here; you tell them." Maybe I should have sent a messenger to deliver this se…