Marriage Confessing the Temptation to Be Unfaithful to Your Spouse 24 Jan 201924 Jan 2019 Last week I wrote about the need to confess your secret temptations. The more a temptation hides in the dark the stronger its pull on us remains. So, we should…
Marriage A Biblical View of Divorce (Part 6): Conclusion 28 Sep 201728 Sep 2017 Divorce is a serious issue and should never be treated lightly or taken up on a whim. There are, as we have seen in this series, Biblical grounds for divorce,…
Marriage A Biblical View of Divorce (Part 5): Remarriage 20 Sep 2017 The Bible has far fewer things to say about remarriage than it does about divorce. We will look, then, at the few verses that directly speak to this issue. Foundationally,…
Divorce… A Biblical View of Divorce (Part 4): The Contemporary Church 13 Sep 201713 May 2022 In light of all that has been discussed above about the Bible’s teaching on divorce, we must now consider how and when we will apply its principles. We want to…
Divorce… A Biblical View of Divorce (Part 3): Common Objections 6 Sep 201713 May 2022 In the previous posts within this series I have established that I believe the Bible allows for divorce in three cases: neglect of material support (food and clothing), neglect of…
Divorce… A Biblical View of Divorce (Part 2): Jesus and the New Testament 24 Aug 201713 May 2022 There are two important texts on divorce in the New Testament. In the one text it appears that Jesus explains that the only ground for divorce is sexual immorality (Matt.…
Divorce… A Biblical View of Divorce (Part 1): An Old Testament Context 17 Aug 201717 Aug 2017 Evangelicalism has tended towards one of two extremes with regard to the issue of divorce: (1) either broad allowance of all divorces, or (2) a rejection of all grounds for…
Marriage Five Ways to Shut Down a Conversation 25 May 2017 How do you respond when an argument isn't going your way? No one likes to lose an argument, and that is especially true when losing one will mean having to…
Marriage Your Spouse Does Not Complete You 18 May 201718 May 2017 Much of the modern world has developed a real resistance too and even dislike of marriage. Committed, lifelong, monogamous marriage is ridiculed, disdained, and critiqued by the broader world. Perhaps…
Marriage Prayer and the Harsh Husband 20 Apr 201720 Apr 2017 "The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working" (James 5:16b). It is astounding to consider all that God delights to accomplish through the prayers of…
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