Originally “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Four),” this essay was published in CGG Weekly on February 12, 2010. “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table.” —Psalm 128:3 Psalm 128 illustrates how properly honoring and working …
Originally “Marriage—A God-Plane Relationship (Part Three),” this essay appeared in CGG Weekly on February 5, 2010. “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it . . ..’” —Genesis 1:28 Last time, we saw that it is God’s involvement that …
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 essay, “Why Bother With Fathers?” appeared in the June 19, 2009, issue of CGG Weekly. “They were like well-fed lusty stallions; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.” —Jeremiah 5:8 American singer/songwriter Billy Joel, 60, is getting divorced—again. He and his third wife, former Top Chef host Katie Lee, …
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 CGG Weekly essay, “Moses: A Tale of Two Wives,” was first published on December 21, 2001. “Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman.” —Numbers 12:1 Moses lived a long, full life during an exciting …
“So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, ‘Please, put your hand under my thigh, . . .’” —Genesis 24:2 In America and other places in the Western world, oath-takers raise their right hands and pledge to perform certain actions, sometimes …
