The hosts of “Collars & Calluses” introduce a Q&A backlog and address whether the U.S. war with Iran is just and whether CREC pastors should rebuke Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, noting he is in the CREC and that critics want public denunciations. They argue Christians should avoid dogmatism because citizens lack full information, the history is messy, and this issue shouldn’t divide friendships or churches; they express skepticism based on prior Middle East wars, unclear public justification, questions about Israel, and concerns about escalation, urging prayer for leaders. They then define patriarchy as “father rule” rooted in creation and applicable across life, versus complementarianism as a 1970s–80s adaptation focused mainly on roles in marriage and church, often lacking rationale, diluting male authority, and tending toward egalitarianism; they describe marital implications of headship/submission and warn against cultural rebellion against created order.

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