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Category Archives: Ethics
Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Paul: 1 Corinthians 7, Part 2)
“Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study, Word Study
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Paul: 1 Corinthians 7, Part 1)
“Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study
Tagged 1 Corinthians 7:1-9, better to marry than to burn, fornication, it is good not to touch a woman, let each have own wife/ husband, lust, marriage and divorce and remarriage, now concerning, present distress, sexual immorality, should one avoid marriage?, to avoid fornication, what about celibacy?
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Paul: Romans 7)
“Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?” (Romans 7:1). Paul wrote to people who knew about law (the definite … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Old Testament/New Testament, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged as long as husband lives, dzao, dze, it lives or he lives?, law of husband, marriage and divorce and remarriage, old testament/new testament, our relationship to old testament, Romans 7:1-4, roy deaver
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus: Tested, Part 2)
Jesus made clear that God’s ideal for marriage did not include divorce. His plan was for husband and wife to become one flesh: “Two individuals they are, two personalities; but they are one in love, in aim, in purpose” (Roy … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study, Word Study
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus: Tested, Part 1)
“Jesus… came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And great multitudes followed Him… The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus: Sermon on the Mount)
“It has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality (fornication, B.H.) causes her to commit adultery; and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, sermon on mount, Textual study
Tagged but I say unto you, causes her to commit adultery, certificate of divorce, concern for spouse, donald carson, except for fornication, except for sexual immorality, lenski, makes her adulterized, makes her commit adultery, marriage and divorce and remarriage, Matthew 5:31-32, sermon on mount, wayne jackson, whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery, you have heard it was said
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Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage (John v. Herod)
Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch, who ruled over Galilee and Perea, stayed with his half-brother Philip, on a visit to Rome. While there, he coveted his brother’s wife, Herodias, who was also the brothers’ niece. She also coveted him. She agreed to … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Preachers, Preaching, Textual study
Tagged aretas iv, courage, galilee, herod, herod antipas, herod philip, herodias, incest, john beheaded, john loses head, john the baptizer, john v. herod, josephus, Luke 3, lust, machaerus, Mark 6, marriage and divorce and remarriage, Matthew 14, not lawful for you to have her, not lawful for you to have your brother philip's wife, peer pressure, perea, phasaelis, rash words, troubled conscience, war between herod and aretas
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Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage (Old Testament)
God created marriage. His ideal intent was for marriage to be a permanent, life-time partnership between one man and one woman. Jesus reminded the Pharisees of this, saying, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage, Textual study, Word Study
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The Self-Destructive Sting
A honey bee colony has three types of bees associated with it: the queen; the workers (females); the drones (males). It is the worker bees which sting. “A honey bee will sting when it perceives a threat to its hive, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, envy, Ethics, Mental Health, Peace, Tongue
Tagged anger, bear and skunk illustration, bees, book none of these diseases, drone bees, envy, getting even, hate, hatred, honey bee sting, Mental Health, pay back, queen bee, revenge, s.i. mcmillien, self destruction, tongue, wasps, words, worker bees
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