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 …
In what has become a short series of articles (the first was on marriage; see here), Tim Challies offers “If Satan Wrote a Book on Parenting,” listing nineteen pieces of “advice” Satan might give parents about raising children in today’s world. With how plugged into this culture we tend to …
In “Why Did Ruth Enter Boaz’s Tent in the Middle of the Night? (Ruth 3),” Mary Willson Hannah tackles some of the difficult questions surrounding Ruth’s venture to Boaz’ threshing floor to propose marriage. We can rest assured that, as types of greater, righteous actors, their actions were culturally and …
In his article, “Help! I Want to Get Married, but I Can’t Afford It,” Russ Gehrlein gives some practical and biblical advice to young people who desire to marry but feel it is out of reach. Among his best points are to develop a plan and to trust God along …
I wrote this essay, “No Meeting of the Minds,” for CGG Weekly on September 13, 2013. “. . . having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart . . .” —Ephesians 4:18 …
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 …
CGG Weekly published this essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Six),” on February 26, 2010. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife . . ..” —Genesis 2:24a-b Moses writes in Genesis 2:24, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to …
I wrote this essay, “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Five),” for CGG Weekly on February 19, 2010. “Husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word . . ..” …
