Edward Gibbon, in his classic work, the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire, once wrote:
“The primitive Christian demonstrated his faith by his virtues…” and as a result, won the heart of the culture.
Gibbon wrote that that single factor helped bring cultural influence and victory to the Church of Christ against the Roman Empire in [...]
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Too many of us in the Christian community speak of the divorce itself as if it were the dominating problem we face in the breakdown of marriages among Christians. What if the problem is not divorce, per se? Maybe we are looking for solutions in all the wrong areas. Maybe something is wrong in our [...]
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Drawing on Proverbs 31, here are some goals to “think upon”. Few marriages can attain ALL of the following and most marriages will take years to pursue these. Certainly, they are NOT all pursued all at once:
1.A business profitable enough to grow with and toward the goals of their lives. Christian divorce in our culture [...]
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Leviticus 18: 6- 28
These are the listings of the Laws of Consanguinity and Affinity…Leviticus 18
No civilization has survived without them.
Laws of Consanguinity and Affinity
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, [...]
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In Proverbs 31, the husband and wife did not “just become” discerning about life. God’s holy precepts provided much for preparation, preservation, protection and promotion of marriage. Let’s see what of God’s principles the churches have “thrown out” with the “bathwater”.
1.Oversight of the family and “the mutual veto” honored in the churches. When Rebecca was [...]
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Put in its simplest form, “calling” is the task set by God for an individual in one of several situations:
1.Calling can occur when entering into some temporary act involving one’s neighbor (courage, heroism, truth-telling, kindness).
2.Calling is used as a term for one’s responsibilities and accountability to God in His God-ordained institutions (such as marriage).
3.Calling is [...]
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