The church throughout its history has laid claim to Jesus' teaching about marriage. It has dubbed the declared distillations to be the "dominical words on marriage." The only problem is that historical criticism has left contemporary readers with no certainty about what Jesus actually said; ...
Jesus - Messiah, Scribes, Pharisees: In the 1st century, scribes and Pharisees were two largely distinct groups, though presumably some scribes were Pharisees. Scribes had knowledge of the law and could draft legal documents (contracts for marriage, divo
It is not enough for these people to condone same sex marriage in the eyes of the law they then want to force God the Father to give them His blessing. He could never do this because it is a grave sin in His eyes. How dare these p...
Jesus said:“My people of America, your country has sunk to a new spiritual low in the acceptance of same sex marriage for all of your states in your latest Supreme Court decision. This is a cold day in the hearts of your leaders on the Court who are dictating law to a...
and they believe exactly that same way about the Christian New Testament. They insist both are full of lies, deceptions, and corruptions. So when they say they "believe" in Jesus, they really mean they believe in a different "Jesus" who never said he was the Son of God, who never ...
Then again, one of the beautiful things committed Christians all have in common is our ability to recognize our doubts about God and life, admit them, then turn to God and seek His help. Why would we seek God? Because He invited us to seek Him. Jesus said, “Come to me, all who ...
So most would have been married. However, Joseph is normallyunderstood to have been deadby the [time Jesus reached the] age of 12 (as he no longer figures in the stories), so he wouldn't have been around to organise Jesus' marriage anyway (this whole line is speculative on the texts)...
out. But the wise answered, saying, not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut....
In June of 2015, the liberal leaning US Supreme Court legalized homosexual marriage. Former President Obama said that ‘love is love’. As you look through the last eight years, a mass of ‘churches’ jumped on the gay pride ship. They preach God is all loving (and He is) so He would...
just listen to what you’re saying about yourself today. Too many people go around saying, “I’ll never get well”, “I’ll never get out of debt”, “I’ll never have a good marriage.” Then you wonder why you don’t see things turn around. It’s because you’re calling defeat...