One of the most difficult and resented words in the English language is “submit.” We, all of us, have a natural aversion to submission. We hate to give way to the authority another, and even if we do it is often resented. Yet we find various of this in commandments throughout the Bible. When I…
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Intimacy and Marriage in 1 Corinthians 7:5
“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.” -1 Corinthians 7:5 The Apostle Paul gives two reasons why couples should not withhold intimacy from a each other. 1)…
Family Integrated Worship – God Ordained and Safe
Today I received the monthly Newsletter from Family Talk, the radio ministry of Dr. James Dobson. I receive this newsletter and have made good use of Dr. Dobson’s books in the past. He has a very Biblical view of parenting, especially concerning discipline, which I appreciate. This month’s newsletter reflected on the tragic allegations of…
Knit Together In Love
By Bufrey Dean One of the most serious problems we face today is the breakdown of the American family. This problem not only affects our homes, but most assuredly affects our churches. Many of today’s churches face seven habitual mysteries.First is the mystery of the empty pew. Freedom to worship is apparently interpreted as freedom FROM…
Family Worship
By Sylvester Hassell The Gospel Messenger–January 1891
Every Wise Woman Buildeth Her House
By Lynn Pyles Bruce The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to…