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 …
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 …
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, …
