What is the patriarchy? And should we smash it? Today, I'm sharing about biblical patriarchy

and how we can prove faithful when we are tempted to believe that the patriarchy is toxic.

Welcome to the She Proves Faithful Podcast, episode number 217. Truth and Encouragement to Live Gospel

Center lives every day. I'm your host, Lauren Lushak. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the podcast. My name is

Lauren, and I'm so glad you're here. I'm excited today to talk about the patriarchy. It's been on my

heart for a long time, but I feel like it's so, it's been a word that's been abused, kind of like the patriarchy. It's been on my heart for a long time, but I feel like it's so,

it's been a word that's been abused, kind of like the word toxic, which I just, they're those trigger words where everything is toxic or, or everything is violence, you know, and it kind of

loses its meaning. And I feel like that's what has happened to patriarchy. People use it

and culture, but it's been so watered down to mean anything that describes males in general,

whether they are toxic or abusive or not, or just our leaders. And so I wanted to address it and finally I got around to it.

And I'm really sad because I ordered this little e-book from Reformation Heritage Books.

If you guys don't know that website, it's fantastic. I've actually sent Patreon supporters

a book on hospitality one Christmas from Reformation Heritage books. They have a lot of

great deals on their website and high quality material, a lot of things on Puritans. I love

Joel Beakey. He's done a great job as a historian and a biblical scholar with the Puritans. And so you should check them out. But I ordered

this little e-book. They have it in a physical copy too called How Should Men Lead Their Families?

And it's part of the cultivating biblical godliness series. And I ordered the e-book. It was only

three bucks. They're just short little pamphlets, a really easy read within 15, 20 minutes. And I ordered the e-book. It was only three bucks. They're just short little pamphlets, a really easy read within 15, 20 minutes. And it's not been delivered yet. And I really needed to record this.

So I'm leaving that here as a great resource. I read a lot of reviews and a lot of people

said that they really enjoyed it. So I'll leave that link in the show notes. But that would

just probably round out even more of this podcast, especially because I'm a woman talking about

male leadership in the home, which I think is totally fine. But of course, I haven't studied

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