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Valentine’s Day and Love
The origin of this day is uncertain. Here are some theories: (1) Some (not all) believe that it is a “christianized” form of the Roman festival of Lupercalia. This festival occurred each year between February 13th and 15th. It is … Continue reading
Posted in History, holiday, Love, Marriage
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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 (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
Tagged a.t. robertson, adultery, adultery defined, aorist present, aorist v. present tense, apoluse, arndt gingrich, b.a.g., better not to marry, born eunuchs, commits abultery, dana mantley, earl edwards, epi porneia, eunuchs for kingdom, except for sexual immorality, excerpt for fornication, figure of speech, fornicaion defined, fornication, freed hardeman university, gamese, general guide rule on marriage, james o. baird, Jesus questioned, kerry duke, made eunuchs by man, Mark 10, marriage and divorce and remarriage, Matthew 19, moichatai, one flesh, penn state university, pennsylvania state univeristy, porneia, prof. craig kallendorf, prof. ed. l. miller, prof. william l. miller, punctilliar v. linear action, sexual immorality, synecdoche, texas a&m university, thayer, the exception, tyler young, university at colorado at boulder, vine's, whoever marries another
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You Have Heard… But I Say
These words are used six times by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Two verses are helpful in interpreting these words. (1) Matthew 5:20, “For I say to you, unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and … Continue reading
Posted in sermon on mount, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adultery, adultery in heart, bless and do not curse, but I say unto you, causes her to commit adultery, certificate of divorce, destroy or fulfill law, divorce, Ephesians 2, eye for eye, fool, fornication, hate enemy, lex talionis, love enemies, love neighbor, lust in heart, Matthew 5, murder, oath taking, pray for enemies, raca, revenge, scribes and pharisees, sexual immorality, swear falsely, tooth for tooth, turn other cheek, you have heard it was said
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The Unpardonable Sin
I was studying with an eighty-seven year old woman. She was a Methodist, who had never been baptized in the right way, or for the right reason. She wanted to be, and later would be, but at this point she … Continue reading
Posted in Evidence, Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, mormon, Mormons, Plan of salvation, Sin, Textual study, Uncategorized
Tagged 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Timothy 1, adultery, back slidding, beelzebub, blasphemy, blasphemy against the holy spirit, Corinthians, doctrine and covenents, elizabeth reed, fornication, Homosexuality, Mark 3, Matthew 12, methodist, Mormons, murder, paul, rejecting evidence, sin against the holy spirit, song o why not tonight, the unpardonable sin
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Is It in Your Heart?
“For all who have sinned without the law will perish without the law,and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law” (Romans 2:12). The point is “there is no partiality with God” (Romans 2:11). … Continue reading
Posted in Judgment, Old Testament/New Testament, Phrase Study, Textual study
Tagged adultery, blood, conscience, fornication, gentiles, heart, idolatry, jews, law in heart, law on heart, law unto themselves, old testament/new testament, partiarchal and mosaic system, Romans 2, simularies between laws, three dispensations, warning light, with law, without law, works of law
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Ethics: Sex (part 1)
Sex is very much a part of the American life. “The Pill” was introduced to American married women in 1960. Since 1972, “The Pill” has been available to both married and non-married women. “In 2008, Americans spent $3.5 billion on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Sex, Stats
Tagged adultery, bill clinton, cohabitation, e.d. drugs, elliot spitzer, ethics, extramartial sex, fornication, john edwards, jon gosselin, mark sanford, poverty, premarital sex, prostitution, Sex, std, stephen dubner, steven levitt, super freakonomics, the index of leading cultural indicators, the pill, tiger woods, welfare
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The Works of the Flesh
The wording “the works of the flesh” should not be taken as saying that flesh itself is inherently evil. God called His creation very good (Gen. 1:26, 31). We are marvelously created (Psalm 139:14). Jesus dwelt in the same flesh … Continue reading
Posted in Textual study
Tagged adulery, drunkenness, emulation, envy, fornication, hatred, heresies, idolatry, lasciviousness, murder, reviling. Galatians 5, sedition, strife, uncleanness, variance, witchcraft, works of flesh, wrath
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