In “Is It Wrong to Have Sex Before Marriage?” Kevin DeYoung writes a helpful article on fornication, a sin many confessing Christians ignore these days to their detriment. Scripture is consistently against sexual activity outside the marriage covenant, and DeYoung explains why. Christians may still get upset when the culture …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Seven),” on March 5, 2010. “. . . and they shall become one flesh.” —Genesis 2:24c The biblical concept of husband and wife being “one flesh” is far more involved than many people think. This teaching has its origins in Genesis 2:24: “Therefore …
I wrote this essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Two),” on January 29, 2010, for CGG Weekly. “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” —Matthew 19:6 We tend to look at our lives in a very physical manner, …
This essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part One),” appeared in CGG Weekly on January 22, 2010. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” —Genesis 1:27 In the United States, marriage has been under assault for many years, at least …
This CGG Weekly essay, “Purify Your Hearts,” was published on July 9, 2021. “You shall not commit adultery.” —Exodus 20:14 To talk about adultery these days is to risk ridicule. Back in 1976, then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter faced public scorn when—in a Playboy magazine interview no less—he agreed with Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:28, …
This essay was published as “In Defense of Marriage” in the CGG Weekly on August 1, 2003. “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” —Hebrews 13:4 In the last few weeks, we have witnessed a firestorm of controversy surrounding the institution …
This essay, “A Culture in Freefall,” was published in CGG Weekly on February 14, 2003. “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” —Genesis 2:25 Not too long ago, Americans could sneer across the Atlantic at the abysmal state of European moral standards. A …
