Headship & Submission

In Part 1 of "Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head" (read or listen), John Piper takes a look at the mystery of a husband and wife being a shadow of Christ and the Church; he addresses the egalitarian view of gender roles; and he closes by putting forth the following definitions for headship and submission referred to in Ephesians 5:21-33:

• Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.
• Submission is the divine calling of a wife to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts.

Piper will expand on this definition of headship in Part 2.