When married couples stood in church in the 60’s we made promises to each other in the ceremony. The wife promised to love, honour, and obey. Many wives said in their hearts, ‘I am going to love him but never obey him’.

This morning, in Colossians 3, we are going to look at the overarching principles that apply to Christian relationships from a Biblical point of view rather than the 1662 Prayer Book view. I will say that I like the sense of honouring each other in our marriage and will try to wrestle with the concept of submission without ever using the word ‘obey’.