Tag: marriage
A Miscellany of Bad Advice Offered by Christians
A few weeks back, Tim Challies put together what became a very popular article: 40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life. His rationale for writing it was that,...
Should Friendship Be Costly?
There is no shortage of motivational quotes on social media encouraging us to rid ourselves of people who take more than they give or don’t properly appreciate our efforts. For...
Marriage Vows: Should We Forsake All Others?
“Will you love, comfort, honour and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others be faithful to her so long as you both live?” These are some...
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...
