Tag Archive | Marriage
Gay Is Not the New Black
Voddie Baucham has written a though provoking article (just read some of the more than 300 comments that follow it!) about the current cultural battle over the covenant of marriage. Here is a small excerpt, here is a link to the entire article. It’s hard to deny that homosexual marriage appears to be a foregone […]
Christians Are We Ready?
Maybe I am overstating the obvious here, but the Christian church has lost a lot of ground with regards to homosexuality. I’m not talking about on the legislative or protest front, I’m talking about in our preaching and teaching of the gospel. We are losing and the culture is looking at us as old, fuddy-duddies […]
Sermon of the Week: “Marriage” by Voddie Baucham.
Regarding the highly visible tragic failure and death of Joe Paterno, having been disqualified by his actions and those of his subordinates, Baucham asks if Paterno would have been disqualified if he had been an adulterer or abusive husband or derelict father. No profession in our culture disqualifies a man for his failure as a […]
Sermon of the week: “Are You Prepared to Die?” by Albert Martin.
This week’s sermon of the week is Are You Prepared to Die? by Albert Martin.
Sermon of the week: “Marriage and Redemption” by Albert Martin.
Your sermon of the week is Marriage and Redemption by Albert N. Martin. I greatly appreciate Pastor Martin’s willingness to go where so many pastors in America won’t. Whether it’s dealing with such taboo subjects in the church as the expectation of families to have family worship time and warning against the misuse of television (see here) […]
Till the expiration date do us part.
As if the institution of marriage isn’t already on the ropes, now the inevitable is being suggested: Marriage licenses with expiration dates. “Lawmakers in Mexico City have proposed a bill to allow temporary marriage licenses, which can be discarded or renewed after a minimum two-year period. When the two-year license expires, the contract simply ends.” […]
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How does a mother build biblical truth into her daughter’s life, nurture her, guard her, and encourage her toward the application of that truth, then send her into an environment that will oftentimes by its very nature be hostile or at least ambivalent toward that truth? How does a father raise his son to respect […]
Is marriage necessary?
As we continue the immoral downward spiral, I found some good points in this article on the defense of marriage… The typical American household has changed – and not for the better. A new analysis of U.S. Census numbers for the past 50 years show a startling decline in married couples with children – and […]
When silence is not golden.
Ingrid Schlueter recently posted a short but poignant piece on Christian cowardice. In light of the abandonment by fellow Christians after her resignation from VCY America (and after this utterly horrendous debacle), her recent post holds much weight. Here’s a quote from The Color of Silence: “You find out very quickly who your Christian friends […]
Are Americans Getting Comfortable With Immorality?
Interesting article by the Christian Post on the state of America’s morality. Here’s a sample from the article: “You would never know by watching American television that 61 percent of Americans say religion is very important in their lives.” For Philbin, one message in particular that the media is continuously throwing at Americans is that […]
Married couples are now in the minority of households.
From the Associated Press: “The data supports that, as the Census Bureau reported last year that opposite-sex unmarried couples living together jumped 13 percent from 2009 to 7.5 million. . . . And attitudes on marriage are changing, too. About 39 percent of Americans say marriage is becoming obsolete, according to a Pew Research Center […]
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I notice that many here do not like the term “heretic.” There seems to be agreement that one must deny certain doctrines “essential to salvation” in order to be a heretic. This is very new thinking. Look, for example, at the definition in Webster’s Dictionary (1828): 1. A person under any religion, but particularly the […]
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There are three things that earthly riches can never do; they can never satisfy divine justice, they can never pacify divine wrath, nor can they every quiet a guilty conscience. – Thomas Brooks 1608 – 1680 HT: What They Said
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Whether God smites us immediately as He did Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) or appears to let it slide, we can rest assured that every sin receives just recompense (Romans 3:21-26). Thus, in the economy of God every act of disobedience is ultimately punished whether we see it immediately or not. That is why it […]
Alone.
The following article (written by Carolyn) and entitled Alone, is a true story from No Greater Joy. I am 50 years old and have essentially been alone for 21 years. I never thought this would be my life. At no time did it cross my mind that my husband would ever leave me. Although I […]
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Biblical love says, “I choose to love you, and I’m not going anywhere.” Biblical love knows nothing of backing out when things get tough. Biblical love gives without expecting, goes the extra mile, sacrifices for others, and views divorce as a tragic and unnecessary plague visited upon a culture that has settled for a lie. […]
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If we don’t teach our children how to behave, Bart Simpson will. Turn off the TV, and hand your kids a book. – Voddie Baucham
Why Homosexual Marriage is Wrong
As we see the homosexual agenda forcefully pressing on, demanding acceptance and equality, we must not lose sight of why the covenant of marriage excludes homosexuals. The latest audacity of a judge overruling prop. 8 isn’t really that shocking, this is the nature of a depraved mind. You don’t have to dig too deep into […]
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I fear that we have lost our way. Christianity has become so marginal in our culture that even those who claim allegiance to Christ have very little to show for it in terms of time and commitment. – Voddie Baucham
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Worldly Christians, remember this. You and the world must part, or else assurance [of salvation] and your souls will never meet. – Thomas Brooks 1608 – 1680
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You show me a wife who is not in submission to her husband, and I’ll show you a household in disarray. Can you imagine an army where sergeants openly disrespect generals, yet expect privates to respect them. – Voddie Baucham
How to make your husband a false convert and cause your kids to reject the Christian faith.
Worldly wisdom from a Christian women’s magazine on a matter already addressed in Scripture. My wife still receives the magazine Today’s Christian Woman after subscribing to it a couple years ago (before we knew better). TCW is published by Christianity Today (which is a perfect name for it because it bears no resemblance to the […]
Sex In Christ: A Proposal For Christian Pornography
I never thought I’d actually get to say these two words out loud or even type them — “Christian pornography”. Wow! Mind you, that “wow” I’m exhaling is not done in joyful excitement, but in total despair that the Church is sliding further and further into complete apostasy. I think this is the lowest point […]
