"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. - Ephesians 5:22-5:24, KJV"
For these evangelicals, they are taught that wives should submit to their husbands just like they (husbands) should submit to Jesus. In other words, a husband to his wife is the same relationship as Jesus to the man.
Now imagine the devastation when the wife finds out what the husband was doing. How to put yourself into Mrs. Haggard's shoes if you are a man? Imagine that you found out that Jesus committed homosexual sins.
I know you're mad now. But don't get mad at me - I'm not suggesting that Jesus did. I'm just saying, for an evangelical couple like this, that would be how earth-shattering it is to Mrs. Haggard.
Think about it.
For these evangelicals, they are taught that wives should submit to their husbands just like they (husbands) should submit to Jesus. In other words, a husband to his wife is the same relationship as Jesus to the man.
Now imagine the devastation when the wife finds out what the husband was doing. How to put yourself into Mrs. Haggard's shoes if you are a man? Imagine that you found out that Jesus committed homosexual sins.
I know you're mad now. But don't get mad at me - I'm not suggesting that Jesus did. I'm just saying, for an evangelical couple like this, that would be how earth-shattering it is to Mrs. Haggard.
Think about it.