Jezebel, a feminist website, picked up on comments Tebow made in an interview with Vogue magazine, in which he said he wanted a wife who lived up to the high standards set for him by his mother and sisters. He wanted to find a woman he found beautiful, he said, but, beyond that, he wanted a wife with a "servant's heart."
Jezebel (their name for themselves; I'm not name-calling) summed this up as that Tebow's perfect woman is "hot, kind and servile."
I've been saying for years that I don't think Christians ought to be "outraged" by what the outside world says about us. And I'm not outraged by this. But I think it's a good opportunity to tell our non-Christian neighbors what Christians mean when they say "a servant's heart."
What we don't mean is that this is something unique to women. I know, I know. You hear this language and you assume Tebow wants a Stepford wife in a French maid's uniform, massaging his feet and refilling his glass of sweet tea. But this isn't what evangelical Christians mean when they say "a servant's heart."
First of all, in Christianity, a "servant" isn't a slur.
Source: Christian Post | Russell D. Moore
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