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...continuing the discussion of the original design for marriage in Genesis 1 and 2 as it pertains to authority and hierarchy between the spouses.
We have explored the creation of the genders (part 1), objections to equality between the genders (part II), and the beauty and romance of the...
I have moved out into the broader blog world by starting a blog at blogspot.com. For the time being, I am parallel blogging in both places (at least until I can figure out how to list my blogspot blog entries here automatically). I welcome comments in either place so don't feel you have to leave...
...continuing the discussion of the original design for marriage in Genesis 1 and 2 as it pertains to authority and hierarchy between the spouses.
Part I of this series explored the equality of the genders in the Genesis 1 creation account. Part II dispelled some arguments supporting an...
I knew she was tough - she is the governor of the last American frontier after all; I knew she was unflappable - the female governor of that "man's man" wild western state; I knew she was gifted - a basketball star and beauty queen; but I never knew she was also just like you and me and the rest...
Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group
As much as it pains me to say it, my opinion is the CA Supreme Court got this one right.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's high court on Monday barred doctors from withholding medical care to gays and lesbians based on religious beliefs...
...continuing the discussion of the original design for marriage in Genesis 1 and 2 as it pertains to authority and hierarchy between the spouses.
In part I we saw three aspects of human creation found in Genesis 1 which are equally distributed between males and females. Not only are both...
This is another in a series of entries I will be making regarding godly marriage. Previously, I posted on the Genesis 2 definition of marriage, and how God's original design is unalterably monogamous and heterosexual. ("What is 'Marriage'" part I, part II) I would like to spend a little more...
I have heard it preached, and preached quite frequently in our evangelical circles, that America was “founded on Christian principles”. I have seen the bible used to bolster every argument imaginable, some which I agree with and some with which I most certainly disagree. The existence of such...
...a continued analysis of objections to Genesis 2:24 being the definition of God recognized marriage. (go to part I)
3. The verse is only an example of one kind of marriage.
This is an opposite form of #2, and is an argument from silence. It postulates that there are other types of unions...
One common question that I run across when debating same sex marriage, sexual immorality, and the like, is what exactly is "marriage"? Or more specifically, what does God recognize as a marriage? Can any combination of people count as a marriage in God's eyes, or is there a universal rule, a...
...a continuation of the detailed analysis (go to part IIb, part IIa, part I)...
Another claim arises from this last verse that we have examined. In the first half it speaks of how “pleasant” Jonathan was to David, but in the second half of the verse, we read this:
Is David saying, in the...
...A continuation of the detailed analysis (go to part IIa, part I)...
The next set of arguments focuses on three words in three verses which supposedly insinuate romantic or sexual relations. The verses are:
It is suggested that the first word, translated “delighted”, refers to sexual...
In the previous post (go to part I), I gave a brief, verse by verse, breakdown of the claim and the facts surrounding the preposterous idea that David and Jonathan were gay lovers. Below and in the next couple of posts is a more detailed exigetical analysis.
The first verse relating David and...
I thought for my first entry in the new CF blogs, I would try to keep things tame. :D
For the last year or so, I have been studying marriage in general and the masculine value and identity in marriage in particular. Below is a list of the books I have read along that journey. Enjoy.
To begin...