After another length of time, it became clear that the route to pursue this girl was for Robert to respectfully go and talk to her father and ask permission to seek her hand in marriage, and this decision was confirmed by another incredible sense of peace from the holy spirit for both of...
More specifically, the marriagecovenants of the Ancient Near East (ANE) formed the basis of civil society - that is, asociety constrained by rules and traditions that served to preserve and strengthenintertribal relationships. Second, the marriage covenant expressed, fostered, andprotected a culture...
So, to be clear, what I am saying is the Bible expressly condones forced sex within marriage in Deuteronomy 21:10-14 and it also implicitly condones forced sex by making the husband responsible for compelling his wife’s obedience as her ruler and master and as Christ compels his wife, the...
I have stated on several occasions in my blog articles and in my podcasts that I believe BDSM perverts biblical principles of marriage and sexuality and I still stand by those statements. However, I do not believe ALL aspects of BDSM are a perversion of God’s design for sex in marriage. ...
Thy knowledge will be that rod that will eternally lash thee, and that scorpion that will for ever bite thee, and that worm that will everlastingly gnaw thee; therefore read, and labor to know, that thou mayest do, or else thou art undone for ever.’ B. Rules for Reading from Mute ...
IV. Tenets of the Oriental Churches.-- The Greek Church, including the Russian, teaches that there are seven sacraments (μυστήρια), the same as the Roman Catholic — namely, baptism, unction with chrism, the eurcharist, penitence, the priesthood, lawful marriage, and extreme ...
SEE MARRIAGE. I. Nature of the Crime. — 1. Jewish. — Among the Hebrews, as in other Oriental nations, adultery was the act whereby any married man was exposed to the risk of having a spurious offspring imposed upon him. An adulterer was, therefore, any man who had illicit intercourse...
Doesn't The Bible Teach That Sex Belongs Only In Monogamous Marriage? Take out your Bible and show us where! Traditional Christian teaching wants you to believe this. But if you search the scriptures and understand the original Hebrew/Greek texts, the history of biblical interpretation and the ...
And yet, as we do this, we still clearly understand that God rules marriage—not the state. So, to argue against service closure on the basis that the state does not rule the church is a misguided effort. Remember that our former article and this one have to do with a temporary and ...
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