today on Summit Life with JD Greer. A lot of men are on autopilot when it comes to their family.

Guys, if you show the same initiative in your job that you show in your family,

you get fired in a week. And this is your most important assignment.

Spiritual headship is not licensed to do whatever you want to do.

Spiritual headship is empowerment to do what you ought to do.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and theologian JD Greer.

I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch. Okay, time for a little self-evaluation as we start the program today.

If your spiritual progress were based on how well you lived out the Bible's instruction at home,

how would you be doing? I think it's probably safe to say that we'd all come up quite a bit

short of the standard, right? Well, today, Pastor JD Greer walks us through a passage that

stirs up a lot of confusion specifically about the topic of submission. And he will help us see

that God uses the relationships and marriage, family, and work as laboratories to help us grow

in spiritual maturity. Wondering how all that works? Well, you have come to the right place.

Let's join Pastor JD in Ephesians, chapter five.

One of the most era-defining movies of my childhood was The Karate Kid. It was a story about,

I guess, a loser kid who gets beat up and this older Japanese man teaches him how to succeed in

life by teaching him the principles of Karate. As a kid, it was inspiring. It was awesome for what

it's worth. I went back and watched it a few months ago with my kids. It's not nearly as awesome as

I remember it. In fact, how mean in the crane position does not signal to your opponent exactly

what you were about to do. I'm not really sure, but it was awesome when I was a kid and one of

the most captivating parts of the story was how Mr. Miyagi, who was the mentor, how he taught Daniel

how to fight. Now, I'll obviously see the movie, but if not basically, Daniel shows up at his house

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