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Proverbs 5:19, “Ravished Always,” and Marital Intimacy
The passage is about marital pleasure, but it is pleasure with purposes — to unite husband and wife, to protect from temptation. Continue reading
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Tagged Authorised Version, marital intimacy, marriage, pleasure, Proverbs 5, temptation, unity
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Psalm 45, “Greatly Desire Thy Beauty,” and Marital Intimacy
We must recognise that pleasure is not its own purpose — rather, pleasure is given to accomplish several purposes. Continue reading
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Tagged desire, marital intimacy, marriage, pleasure, Psalm 45, worship
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The Purposes of Marital Intimacy
One of the best safeguards against the many perversions of marital intimacy is to understand and appreciate the Bible’s teaching on God’s gift of marriage. Continue reading
Posted in Rightly Dividing, The Christian and Culture
Tagged children, love, marriage, temptation, unity
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Note to Parents
Some of my readers are children, including some whose parents are very careful about what their children see. This post is for those parents. After the Church of Scotland chose to allow the ordination of homosexuals, I was asked to … Continue reading
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Tagged marital intimacy, marriage
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Why Christians Often Don’t Like the Death Penalty
If you as a Christian don’t like the death penalty, it may just mean your heart is near to your Lord’s. Continue reading
Posted in Grace and Forgiveness, Rightly Dividing
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, justice, life, love, Mercy, redemption
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The Money Theme in Acts
Anyone who takes Acts seriously as part of God’s Word will be variously challenged, rebuked, or encouraged as to their use of money as they read its pages. Continue reading
The Death Penalty — Redemptive Purpose
God’s justice is immutable. He did not discard the full penalty for our sin, He paid it. Continue reading
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Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Gospel, justice, Mercy
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