we will truly be ready to sit down and have hard conversations – and have them we must. We must reach across all types of barriers, considering our God-given responsibility to treat one another according to His guidelines mentioned above. We must stop using difference as an excuse to divide...
Within the Christian context, sexual intimacy is reserved for the covenant of marriage. It is a sacred bond that reflects the profound love and commitment between husband and wife, as outlined throughout the Bible. **2. Honoring God through Sexuality: New Testament Guidelines for Intimacy** In ...
With regards to the second example we have a case where it is not in the open country and there are not witnesses for her chastity. The assumption here is they are both guilty of fornication so it has to be made right by marriage and the payment of a fine. It would be an anachronism...
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Professor of Old Testament will teach students in our Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, and Doctor of Ministry degree programs. In addition, they will have opportunities to participate in the Black Church Studies ...
Matthew 24:37-41 –37For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,39and they did not understand until the flood ca...
Marriage and children are blessings, but this does not obligate all to be married or have children. Wealth is a blessing, but this does not obligate all to be rich. Obligation does not follow from blessing. The same can be said of wheat and bread. Yes, the Bible speaks of wheat and ...
When Christians legalistically impose non-biblical ideas such as ‘no interracial’ marriage onto their culture, they are helping to perpetuate prejudices that have often arisen from evolutionary influences. If we are really honest, in countries like America, the main reason for Christians being again...