The Bible Didn’t Fear Power Exchange – The Church Did.

The Bible Didn’t Fear Power Exchange – The Church Did.

By Sir Christopher

Let’s set the stage. I grew up the son of a Church of Christ preacher. I know scripture like the back of my hand, and I walked the path from devout believer to atheist with eyes wide open. So when someone tells me, “The Bible will give you better structure,” I can’t help but smile.

Because the truth is a bit uncomfortable: the Bible has always been steeped in power, hierarchy, submission, devotion, discipline, and erotic surrender. What modern culture fears isn’t kink; it’s conscious power.

The Church Didn’t Remove BDSM, It Rebranded It

The Bible never erased power exchange. The institution did. Scripture is filled with chosen submission, ritual obedience, discipline framed as love, and authority bound by responsibility. What organized religion did over centuries was strip out consent and replace it with fear. And then it had the audacity to call that “morality.”

Mutual Bodily Authority Was Always There

Here’s the verse Christians love to quote halfway and ignore the rest: “The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.” That isn’t patriarchy. That is reciprocal power exchange. That is two adults voluntarily surrendering autonomy within a defined container. Authority flowing both directions. Responsibility baked into desire. That terrifies systems built on unilateral control.

Submission Was Never About Weakness—It Was About Choice

“Submit yourselves therefore to God.” The word submit here is active, not passive. It means to place oneself under by choice. Forced submission is condemned repeatedly throughout scripture. Chosen submission is framed as holy. That distinction matters. And it exposes how much modern religious shame has nothing to do with the Bible and everything to do with control.

Authority Was Always Supposed to Serve

“Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.” Biblical authority comes with accountability. Leadership without care is sin. This is the exact ethical backbone of responsible Dominance today. Power exists for the submissive, not over them. If your authority does not protect, nourish, and stabilize the one who submits, it is not sacred. It is abuse.

Discipline Was Framed as Love—Not Punishment

“The Lord disciplines the one he loves.” Discipline in scripture is relational. Intentional. Contextual. It is not humiliation for control. It is structure for growth. The irony? Many people who condemn consensual kink are defending religious systems that used punishment without consent for centuries.

And Then There’s the Erotic Truth They Can’t Erase

The Church spent hundreds of years trying to metaphor its way out of the Song of Solomon. “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.” Bodies described in detail. Desire named without shame. Mutual possession spoken as devotion. This isn’t accidental. Erotic energy was never the enemy. Unregulated power was.

Kink Isn’t a Rebellion Against God—It’s a Rejection of Hypocrisy

Modern BDSM didn’t invent power exchange. It reclaimed consent. It named boundaries. It made authority accountable. It made surrender sacred again.