Another delay in Alaska Posts

 Man I have been scouting, reading, applying for jobs, volunteering, and working on my house, but I have not been posting the other 10 days worth of material I have from the Alaska Trip!
Well as Ben Franklin said, "You may delay but time does not." So I had the privilege of cooking today! I actually cook quite a lot, but this meal actually turned out well!  So I'll share it.

I picked up some inexpensive cubed steak.  I don't know why it's called cubed, it looks like the meat guy at Safeway reconstituted some ground beef into a big square.

 So I figured I needed a nice sauce, I went with the old standby of Merlot, oyster sauce, and dried herbs. Don't you use the same mix for cooking meat? So you're saying I'm the only one?  Dang it! Bachelorhood strikes again. 

A little time on the stove...

 You just have to take my word, this meal was amazing. A little Bok Choy, a little Broccoli, a bit of beef, a nice sauce (I don't care what you say, it was awesome), some sun-dried tomatoes, and the rest of my Merlot.

Oh yeah, did I mention my love language / happy place / true weakness / guaranteed way to persuade me to your point of view is FOOD!  Hey! I'm not saying this is an idol in my life, it's just that I read Isaiah 25 and was like I need to practice for that! And if you ave a problem with my Foodie-ness (I'm really not a Foodie, I don't even know what braising is...my grandma mentioned it and I was too proud to admit that I had no idea what she was talking about), then you should just read Ruth 3:3 and repent! Just Kidding, we all have our thing and mine is beautiful smells and tastes. Speaking of which I hope my selections for tomorrow are pleasing to the palate...we shall see.
Oh right, why did I write a post today? Because I wanted to write about complementarianism.  A friend of mine made me aware of this lecture:

Here Mark Driscoll is introducing the Four points of the "New Calvinism".  His second point is Complementarianism. He doesn't just apply it to the roles and subordination in the home but also to the structure of the church.  In the church, Titus 1 and 1st Timothy 3 show that only good daddies and good husbands may hold the highest office in the church. And that the rest of the church body is to submit to the elders as long as they don't disobey God. Similarly, husbands are to "lovingly, sacrificially lead their home" in a way that honors God. Husbands and wives are equal but focus on different roles in the family and world. For the wife to be a complement, she must be vocal in a respectful way to help her husband. As the above sauce scenario demonstrates, single dudes are really quite foolish and need a ton of help. Without help and a fear of God, a man will never grow up and will never lead in a way that a wife can respect.  The transliterated word Parakletos really unpacks this hated term "helper".  If God is our helper, and by the way he is kinda Epic, then how can calling a lady to the same role be a denigration? I mean just look at the sociological surveys asking women why they chose their occupation. Dudes say, "Umm...to make good money and to look impressive to my buddies", but women say, " I wanted to help the World, or help these people, or assist this one person to a do good job".  Am I saying woman are all virtuous and selfless all the time? Well compared to the men I've met, they kinda seem to be awesome ( I know ladies are just as foolish as men...but they don't cause as many of the world's problems as men do). So I am getting tired, that glass of wine just seemed to work me over (I'm a total lighweight). Basically, my convictions point to the position of right hand / left hand mutual cooperation, dual submission to God,  with the man held to a high standard in a marriage. God promises to turn his back any man who does not lovingly lead his family and treat his wife like Jesus treats the church 1 Peter 3:7.