As we saw last week in our study of Esther, when King Xerxes called for his wife to show off her beauty at his banquet, the Queen refused. As a result, she was banished from his sight.

Was Queen Vashti a heroic proto-feminist to stand up to her husband’s command? Or was she guilty of failing to submit to her husband’s leadership? And what does her story teach us about the New Testament instruction for wives to submit to their husbands?

Yes, we’re going there.