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Government’s New Testament Fiscal Policy
I must say, I’m a bit confused… At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, President Obama extolled the virtues of his particular views of tax policy by appealing to the example of Jesus, to his command “love your neighbor as yourself,” and to … Continue reading
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Real Marriage is apparently Real Trouble (Part 2)
Review — Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together (Mark & Grace Driscoll, Thomas Nelson 2012) In Part 1 I addressed what I consider to be the minor objections to the Driscoll’s book, those that would not … Continue reading
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Real Marriage is apparently Real Trouble (Part 1)
Review — Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together (Mark & Grace Driscoll, Thomas Nelson 2012) At first, I thought I must have picked up the wrong book. But I’d been reading too long, so I figured that … Continue reading
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Real Marriage: anticipation and caution
Because I’m not one of the heavyweights in the blogging world (or even a featherweight, for that matter), my requests for advance copies of Mark Driscoll’s Real Marriage were met with benign neglect. I had to shell out the dough … Continue reading
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Divorce, the Church & Mark 10 (Part 2)
Yesterday I discussed treatment of divorce by Jesus in Mark 10, and asked how the creation origin of divorce aids those facing real conflict in marriage and what the church should do about the problem of divorce. Because marriage is … Continue reading
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Divorce, the Church & Mark 10 (Part 1)
Anecdotal experience bears out the statistics: couples claiming the name of Christ and the Bible as their authority divorce at rates equal to, if not greater than, couples who claim neither. As part of a project I was working on … Continue reading
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Questions to ask wives and husbands
Brian Croft has a good post regarding the relationship of husband and wife, and the constant tending it requires. See the whole article here. In essence, husbands should ask their wives “What are some things I do (can do) that … Continue reading
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When is Remarriage OK?
In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul gives the general principle “in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God” (1Co7:24). Marriage, singleness, and divorce are discussed in this chapter, and tucked away is a verse that has caused … Continue reading
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Death, Taxes & Honey-do Lists
We’ve all heard the quip about death and taxes. One of life’s most pervasive, ubiquitous influences is responsible for one, sometimes both of those: government. Some might say another of life’s most pervasive, ubiquitous influences — marriage — could also … Continue reading →
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