HUSBAND, ARE YOU A SUITABLE HELP FOR YOUR WIFE?

Although it is clear that God gave Eve to be a 'help meet' (helper who is suitable) for Adam, there are at least three Biblical reasons why a husband ought to be a 'help meet' for his wife too. (Understand 'meet' to mean 'fit', 'suitable', 'right' or 'counterpart'). CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD Adam and Eve were…

Naming of Eve and Adam’s Authority

MISUSING A CUSTOM There is no evidence in both the incidents of Adam “naming” Eve that God had given him authority over her. I say this to counter the willy-nilly correlating of these incidents with a Hebrew custom that if you named something it indicated that you had authority over it. If it was a Biblical custom,…