Almost from the beginning, I knew she was the girl of my dreams. Smart, funny, direct, Jesus-loving, fun-loving, pretty, and honest are just some of the characteristics that drew me to her. From our first conversation comparing travel notes standing just outside the pavilion at the Alto Frio camp to our first game of volleyball…
Tag: marriage
Polyamory: The Next Frontier
Ryan T. Anderson has written a new article on polyamory entitled, “How the Media Are Promoting Polyamory. The New ‘Marriage Equality’?” In it, he describes the recent push for marriage equality for polygamists that actually began before the Supreme Court ruling. Turns out it was the plan all along: Before the Supreme Court’s ruling, Professor…
On My Parent’s 60th Wedding Anniversary
60 years ago today, Martha Gartee and Charles Price stood side-by-side and exchanged wedding vows. They promised to love and to cherish each other for rich or for poor, in sickness and in health until death parts them. Sadly, those words are still popular in weddings today, but not so much in marriage. For my…
Faux Federalism
There is an interesting article in the Christian Post entitled, “The Faux Federalism Argument Against DOMA”. In it, Dr. John C. Eastman, Professor of Law & Community Service at the Chapman University School of Law, argues that the principles being used to attack the merits of the Defense of Marriage Act is a clear misunderstanding…
At The Gathering, we are in the middle of a series on Covenant. One of the basic covenantal institutions in life is marriage. If you are married or think you ever will be and hope you’ll never be divorced, this is a very important short, 5 minute video for you to watch. Timothy Keller, John…
The Cohabitational Effect
Yesterday, I taught on Letting Marriage Be Held in Honor from Hebrews 13:4. If you want to hear that message, visit our audio page here. One area I didn’t cover I want to talk a little about here because it deals with one of the most prevalent practices in modern Western culture: Cohabitating. OK, just…
The Fight for Purity
Purity is something that we battle for all of our lives. If we’re not battling for it, we’ve already given up on the idea. For a Christ-follower, purity is not an option, it is a command; an expectation; a requirement. Purity goes hand-in-hand with holiness, which we…