Tag: divorce
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but from the beginning it was not so
Matthew 19 English Standard Version (ESV) Teaching About Divorce 3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He answered,“Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his…
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The Wife of your Youth
I have some marital confessions to make. First: I Love Lissette Harned, my Blessing. Lissette is not the wife of my youth, but she is the wife of my vows and covenant and continued pouring out of love. Song of Solomon 4 English Standard Version (ESV) Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty Behold, you are beautiful, my…
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In the beginning, Marriage
God’s true intention for marriage preceded original sin. Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” I must confirm from a terrible emptiness and great incompleteness: It is not good for a man to be alone… so alone without God’s help meet…
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The Parable of Degenerate Sisters
A Parable from the Pre-incarnate Son of Man to the Prophet Ezekiel 23:4 Marriage is commonly used in the Bible as a symbol for the covenant relationship between God and his people (e.g. Isa 54:1-8; Eph 5:22-23). Ezekiel 23 English Standard Version (ESV) (excerpted with literal & brief paraphrase) 2 “Son of man, there were two women, the…
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Hansel and Gretel – 2
IF you have NOT already taken time to watch the Hosea Movie of a previous post, it is related to this series and I recommend it. Watch it as a family, if possible (80 min.); especially your teens. Roger Harned HANSEL & GRETEL – Chapter 2 DIVORCE! in the Bible is more a picture of our broken relationship…
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Hansel and Gretel – 1
You may think this children’s story title an odd title for a post of Christian Social Witness on a blog for sharing our “Biblical” faith in Christ Jesus as Lord. Bear with me; I’ll get to ‘the rest of the story’ (as a favorite commentator once put it) in another chapter. IF you have NOT already taken…
