Tag: marriage
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Husbands, Take Out the Trash
If a husband and wife are short with each other, snappy, impatient, if small disagreements escalate into major conflicts, if they constantly accuse and feel accused, etc., the presenting issue is never the *real* issue. In many cases, the problem is that a million small disruptions in the relationship have never been dealt with and…
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Recent X posts on marriage, family, etc.
The pulpit is a male space. Always has been, always will be. Women can no more be pastors than they can be husbands or fathers. The pastorate is intrinsically male and masculine. Obviously there are plenty of domains that are open to men and women (though that does not make us androgynous beings in those…
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Notes on a Man’s Mission and Marriageability
Notes on a man’s mission and marriageability: In Genesis 2, we have a detailed account of the creation of man and woman on day 6 of the creation week. The man is made first. And God gives the man a job before he gives the man a wife. Adam is commanded to guard and keep…
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Wedding Homily #5 (notes)
P and J, it is a great honor to officiate your wedding today. P, it has been a real joy getting to know you over the last several years, to see the tremendous faithfulness and maturity that mark your life. J, I do not know you as well, but from the first time I met…
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Pick one: Romance or Equality?
You can have equality or romance but not both. The feminist version of equality killed sexual polarity which in turn killed romance, attraction, and ultimately marriage (as low marriage rates attest). In South Korea, an all out gender war has led to the lowest birth rate in the world, despite great prosperity. In the United…
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