As Reformed churches we (rightly) emphasize the importance of the family. In light of Genesis 2:18—“It is not good that the man should be alone”—we believe that in general it is best that a man finds a wife and marries (and vice versa). In harmony with passages such as Psalm 127:3—“Lo, children are an heritage […]
Dear Unmarried Friend, When you hear the words “unmarried and caring for the things of the Lord,” what thoughts arise? I will share some of mine. It appears that this pathway may be lonely. Will I be able to experience the fullness of life in Christ without marriage? Do I have the gift of remaining […]
Clean, unsoiled, unspotted. White as the morning after a fresh snowfall. Purity is beautiful in creation, but the struggle for purity in thought, word, and action is constant and difficult, especially living in a culture that glorifies all things impure. Still, the admonition of scripture is to follow God and not the world. In this […]
Have you prepared yourself for dating? Are you prepared to date? How exactly should you prepare for dating? There are many ways you can prepare yourself for dating, in the way that you live, what you consume, and your view toward others and dating itself. The devil would have you consume the entertainment and media […]
“As Christ Also Is the Head of the Church” For a man of God, Ephesians 5:23 and 28 lay the foundation for your role in marriage. “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body….So ought men to […]
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. – Psalm 103:13 In the United States, we celebrate Father’s Day in June, a day to celebrate fathers and grandfathers. In the Bible, fatherhood is used as a picture of God’s fatherhood of us, His adopted children. This is a […]
Both Peter and the recipients of his first epistle were no strangers to suffering. The believers in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (now modern-day Turkey) in AD 62–63 were living under the tyrannical authority of the Roman government. Their lives could change dramatically at any moment based on the whim of the current emperor. […]
In his first letter to the Corinthian church, the apostle Paul presents a striking and countercultural perspective on the single life (see especially 1 Corinthians 7). In contrast to the Greek and Roman cultures of his day that viewed unmarried life as a societal dead end, Paul taught the church that this state is a […]
For young people considering their future, the question of marriage looms large. Among the various choices we make during our lives, the decisions of whether to marry and whom to marry are probably in the top two or three for most of us. For many Christian young people, the answer to the first question regarding […]