As a Christian, you know the Gospel story.  You've heard how Jesus died on the cross as a sacrifice in order to pay for your sins.  He took the punishment that you deserved, and now you can be saved.   You are probably so familiar with this story that you are already bored.  Let me tell you something interesting: the story you have heard so many times may, in fact, not be true.

Did you know that this explanation is only about a thousand years old?

A quick summary of the Gospel, the Good News Story, as most of us have been taught, could go something like this:

"I want to learn how to be a good wife," she said, a hint of anxiety in her eye. It was two days before her wedding. The soon-to-be bride felt my wife and I could give her some advice on how to be just that to her new groom. You're probably wondering what qualifications I, a man, have to write about the role of a woman, especially a wife. I wondered that myself at first.

Moved by her request, I wanted to help, so I focused on the "S" word - submission. That's a scary word. It conjures a whole history of inferiority, abuse, and misunderstanding. Why is that? Why are women called on so frequently to be submissive? Why are women considered "weaker" than men? Do men really have that much power? Does the Bible really say all that? I discovered something quite startling. I could relate to this young bride, and all women. How? I learned that, to God, I am a woman.

Before you call the mental hospital, consider this,