Tag Marriage
The Pastor's Wife: Marriage And Ministry
A few weeks back I wrote an article on the pastor’s wife. In it I made two very simple points. The first criticised the unbiblical emphasis that is often placed...
Must Married Christians "Multiply" By Having Children?
Many moons ago I set out to explain the decision my wife and I made to not have any children. I wrote a loose series of posts on the topic...
The Necessity of Mixed-Sex Friendships for Christian Faith
Two weeks ago I wrote a post exploring the implied conflict between friendship and marriage in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings. I argued that towards the...
Tolkien: Friendship Versus Marriage
Years ago my wife and I caught the end of Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings. As the stirring scenes full of teary-eyed farewells played out, my wife turned...
John Calvin: Marriage, Singleness, and Sexual Sin
My first post in this series looked at 1 Corinthians 7, considering the somewhat famous 7:9, “It’s better to marry than to burn with passion.” The second post considered the...
The 'Corinthian Problem' Behind 1 Corinthians 7
Last week I published the first article in a series on singleness and marriage. Following its publication I was asked by more than one reader whether I had failed to...
1 Corinthians 7: Is It Better To Marry?
At some point for young adults, usually between your late teens and early twenties, 1 Corinthians 7:9 goes from being a verse shared in jest to one quoted with sincerity—even...
