Archive for the 'Marriage & Family' tag

The Christian duty to bear children

As Christians, we have an absolute duty, if married, to obey the biblical mandate to procreate, as given to both Adam and Eve and Noah and his family: And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth...
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The Benefits of Sex in Marriage

Because Christians are most often harping about immoral sex, and say little about the joys of sex within marriage, they are often viewed as “against sex.”  David Wayne at jollyblogger makes a very good point when he writes Somehow,...
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How to provoke your children

Scripture instructs us parents not to provoke our children to anger: Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke...
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Christian Parenting – Part I

This sermon, based on the example of God the Father in the Baptism of Jesus (), includes the following points: Acceptance: I know you Affection: I love you Approval: believe in you For you hardliners, don’t worry, I cover DISCIPLINE in the...
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Porn, Masturbation, and the Christian

Mark Driscoll, controversial preacher and pastor of the very successful Mars Hill Church, has written a great book on sex and the Christian entitled Porn Again Christian: A Frank Discussion on Pornography and Masturbation. You can actually read the...
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Study: Divorce damages long-term physical health

Much can be debated about the emotional impact that divorce has on the participants and any children involved, but physical results are much more difficult to explain away. A new study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior found...
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Timely marriage

When I hear that one of the news magazines has done a cover story on marriage, I imagine a repeat of Lisa Miller's shoddy Newsweek essay on why Christians really don't know what the Bible teaches about marriage. However, Time's most...
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Sick of the idiots

Twice in the past few weeks I've had to write something along these lines on twitter: "You can't SAY you support traditional marriage politically and not LIVE support for traditional marriage personally." Yes, you Sen. Ensign. Yes,...
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