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There has been an ongoing debate in the Christian community
about whether or not Christians can engage in BDSM (Bondage & Discipline/Dominant
– submissive/Sadomasochism) practices without sinning. Although BDSM can
involve literal bondage (being hand-cuffed, tied up, etc.) and discipline (such
as verbal chastisement or corporal punishment), it is best understood as a metaphorical
relationship between husband and wife and in terms of spiritual submission,
which is an important theme in the New Testament. A BDSM relationship between a
dominant husband and submissive wife is actually the ideal of marriage set out
in Ephesians 5:22-26 taken to its logical conclusion! Let us explain further.
Spiritual Submission - The Ideal of Marriage
Most of us are familiar with this famous scriptural
blueprint for a Christian marriage:
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, 23 for
the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is head of the church. He is the
Savior of the body. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives should
submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as
also Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 to make her holy,
cleansing her in the washing of water by the word. (Ephesians 5:22-26)
The husband and wife who choose to enter into a consensual
Dominant/submissive relationship are choosing to fully enact this commandment
in their sexual life, a choice that is valid and honorable, and may bring them
both deep sexual and spiritual fulfillment. BDSM, practiced responsibly, can be
a tool of growth for both partners in a Christian marriage, as it allows them
to more fully explore God's plan for spiritual and sexual partnership.
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