There Is a Reason the 50th Anniversary Is Gold
I asked my mum her thoughts on longevity in marriage and she requested time to think about her answer. She graciously provided me with the following...
I asked my mum her thoughts on longevity in marriage and she requested time to think about her answer. She graciously provided me with the following...
In the midst of a passage about marriage, Christ, the Church, headship and submission, the apostle Paul alludes to the love command: “love your neighbour as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18): In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Ephesians 5:28) However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (Ephesians 5:33) The imaginative ethical reciprocity built into the love command appears to also be in the background of Paul’s discussion of marriage and singleness in 1...
The Scriptures are fully sufficient to guide us to salvation, the worship of God and the godly life. We do not need to supplement Scripture with human traditions or philosophy, as if it were incomplete. However, it is important to understand that Sola Scriptura does not demand a simple kind of biblicism—believing nothing but what individual texts explicitly teach—as if that were ever actually possible. As the Westminster Confession of Faith describes: The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good...
I have been to quite a number of Christian weddings—it is a delight to witness two people coming together to serve God. The happiness that the couple exude is infectious and it is exciting to be around that much love. It is a beautiful event to be a part of and I am always delighted that people invite me to be a part of their special day. But it is not necessarily easy to attend weddings as a single person. The day is a reminder of what I deeply desire but do not have. Couples sit each other in church...
On one level, it doesn’t really matter how sincere, honest, or thought-provoking your question is if you do not have an existing or trusting relationship with that person!