Jesus' Teaching on Divorce - Part Three

By James Boice

Matthew 19:1-12
Theme: An unbreakable covenant.
This week’s lessons teach us about the permanence of marriage.
 
Lesson

Here is where the chief difficulty comes for our being guided by this text. It is clear that Jesus calls remarriage after divorce adultery, forbidding it. But then he added what is usually referred to as the exception clause. "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery" (v. 9). Most people today understand "marital unfaithfulness" to mean adultery and conclude that this is the one valid grounds for divorce, since adultery will already have broken the relationship.

Level Ground

Posted 7/4/14 by Donald Barnhouse

In certain spots the contour of hills gives a tremendous illusion that the law of gravity is askew. Near Los Angeles there is a hill where thousands of motorists stop their cars, shut off the engines, release the brakes, and seemingly roll uphill. But if a plumb level is placed on the ground where the cars "roll up the hill," it can be seen immediately that the cars are actually rolling downhill. The eye can be deceived; the level cannot.

In certain spots the contour of hills gives a tremendous illusion that the law of gravity is askew. Near Los Angeles there is a hill where thousands of motorists stop their cars, shut off the engines, release the brakes, and seemingly roll uphill.

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A Biblical Theology of Burial

by Nick Batzig • July 03, 2014

Recently, I have had an extraordinarily unusual number of people ask me what the Scriptures teach about burial verse cremation. Not being the sharpest tool in the shed, I did not put together that this is most likely on account of the economy. Yesterday, I happened to be speaking with the owner of a funeral home who said, "People just aren't dying like they used to." Immediately thinking, "He can't mean that people aren't dying at the same rate as they used to, " I thought, "he must mean that they are opting for cremation over burial for economical purposes." This was precisely what he was suggesting. In fact, he told me that there are even cremation services that are advertising on television now. You can get a $9.99 special at one such place in the area. So, the question remains: What, if anything does the Scripture say about burial? The answer might surprise you.

Recently, I have had an extraordinarily high number of people ask me what the Scriptures teach about burial versus cremation. Not being the sharpest tool in the shed, I did not put together that this is most likely on account of the economy.

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Jesus' Teaching on Divorce - Part Two

By James Boice

Matthew 19:1-12
Theme: An unbreakable covenant.
This week’s lessons teach us about the permanence of marriage.
 
Lesson

Jesus did not answer the Pharisees’ question directly at first. Later he did (in verse 9). But here, instead of allowing the matter to be debated on their level - they were asking about the minimal grounds for divorce - Jesus raised the discussion to the level of God’s original intention in marriage, directing his questioners to the first and second chapters of the Bible where the institution of the marriage relationship is found.

Adam and Eve and Karl

Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014 by Todd Pruitt on 1517

In a recent article posted at The Daily Beast, Dr. Karl Giberson laments that there are vocal elements within the CRC (Christian Reformed Church) who still believe the Bible and their own confession of faith concerning human origins.

In an article filled with troubling statements, Giberson's final words are perhaps most troubling:

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Knowing Christ as the Lord of Joy

Posted 7/3/14 by Donald Barnhouse

If we do not read closely enough in the Bible we are inclined to get a distorted picture of Christ. We have heard so often that He was "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief' (Isa. 53:3) that we overlook the fact that He must also be seen as a man of joy and acquainted with fellowship.

If we do not read closely enough in the Bible we are inclined to get a distorted picture of Christ. We have heard so often that He was “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief' (Isa. 53:3) that we overlook the fact that He must also be seen as a man of joy and acquainted with fellowship.

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West Virginia Porches

Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2014 by Aimee Byrd on Housewife Theologian

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So I wrote this little ditty three years ago after experiencing my first 4th of July in West Virginia. The only thing that has changed is the fireworks have gotten more fierce and we now try to manage two "picnics":

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Jesus' Teaching on Divorce - Part One

By James Boice

Matthew 19:1-12
Theme: An unbreakable covenant.
This week’s lessons teach us about the permanence of marriage.
 
Lesson

Whom, therefore, God hath joined together, let no man put asunder." These are the words that end the most common form of marriage service used in Christian churches. They come just before the benediction. But men are "putting asunder," and women too. The statistics tell us that nearly one in two marriages taking place in the United States today will end in divorce, and the statistics are not much better for Christian marriages. We see the evidence of decay all around us.

Guest or Owner?

Posted 7/2/14 by Donald Barnhouse

There is a great deal of difference between the position of a guest and that of the host. The guest necessarily enjoys his status only while he is a guest. The owner is owner wherever he is. The Christian is far more than a guest with God.

There is a great deal of difference between the position of a guest and that of the host. The guest necessarily enjoys his status only while he is a guest. The owner is owner wherever he is.

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Reading the Psalms in Context? (Part 1)

by Matthew Holst • July 01, 2014

At a recent conference, I sat and listened intently to a lecture in which the participants were challenged to read the Psalms, not after the manner of those who eat candy--picking out favourites randomly--but in context. The speaker was Dr O. Palmer Robertson, who was giving us a taste of the fruit of his forthcoming work The Christ of the Sages. The question raised was, "Is there a context or order to the Psalms, or does each Psalm stand-alone?" It will help us to briefly consider Psalms 34-41 as a case study in order to answer this question.

            At a recent conference, I sat and listened intently to a lecture in which the participants were challenged to read the Psalms, not after the manner of those who eat candy--picking out favourites randomly--but in context. The speaker was Dr O. Palmer Robertson, who was giving us a taste of the fruit of his forthcoming work The Christ of the Sages.

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