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no sex in a year
and separate bedrooms. according to Mark Driscoll this is living heresy for a married couple. What do you think? HT to the Z man.
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Tagged bitterness, love, mark driscoll, marriage, sex, sexless marriage, song of solomon
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marriage
here is an interesting post on marriage; its characteristics and its purposes. what do you think? here is a bit to get you started: The call for same-sex marriage involves a similar misdefinition. Marriage is often characterized today as follows: … Continue reading
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Tagged homosexual marriage, incest, marriage, polygamy, purpose of marriage
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True love
here is a picture of real love. The kind of love described in Ephesians 5 that exemplifies Christ and the church. here is a bit to get you started, but please go read it all. There is a counter example … Continue reading
Don’t do it, just don’t
classic tune for men’s marriage assistance courtesy of Vitamin Z.
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Tagged comedy, communication, communication in marriage, don't, love, marriage, selfishness, vitamin z
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Marriage is like Christ and the Church
this is the important responsibility that married people have. To demonstrate the relationship of Christ and the church. Here is John Piper on why this reminder is important. It lifts marriage out of sordid sitcom images and gives it the … Continue reading
any marriage is fixable
any marriage is fixable/salvageable with the right spirit and in the right power (II Peter 1:3). check out this story: Al added, “We kept drifting apart. I knew what I was doing was wrong; I was too proud to ask … Continue reading
Driscoll coming to Austin
The Resurgence Blog is and has been in the blogroll. I encourage you to check it regularly. Lots of good articles and series by Acts 29 church planters all over the country. Recently, Mark Driscoll announced that he and his … Continue reading
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Tagged austin conference, dating, hill country bible church, mark driscoll, marriage, peasant princess, sex, song of solomon
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wedding yesterday
the daughter of a good friend of ours was married yesterday. it was an outdoor wedding at Kindred Oaks in Leander/Georgetown/way north area. It was lovely and fun. the weather cooperated in a big way and it wasn’t too hot.
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Tagged 80-200mm f2.8 AF-D, d300, katherine, kindred oaks, marriage, nikon, nikon d300, outdoor wedding, photography, wedding
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a wife's submission
here is the personal story of a former feminist atheist who eventually converted to catholicism learning to embrace the leadership of her husband in the home. There has also been a part of my conversion on this issue that cannot … Continue reading
reality of marriage
Challies put up an article on Monday just after his eleventh wedding anniversary that was a very real look at marriage through the device of wanting to give his younger newly married self some counseling. the whole thing is good, … Continue reading
Marriage
what is the point of marriage? If the only point of marriage is to be the highest expression of romantic love, then evangelical opposition to homosexual marriage is just mean. It would be mean to say to some people that … Continue reading
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Tagged homosexual marriage, homosexuality, incest, marriage, polyamory, polygamy
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rebuilding a marriage after an affair
here is another Piper answer. this one regarding what to do to rebuild a marriage after one of the couple has had an affair. Tough timely stuff. HT vitamin z more from Piper on this subject here
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Tagged adultery, affair, forgiveness, infidelity, John Piper, marriage, trust
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who do you trust? part III
all right, now let’s go back where we started. In John 10:10, Jesus contrasts himself and his mission with the thief. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus came to bring abundant life. and here are we sheep … Continue reading
who do you trust? part II
earlier we talked about God’s thoughts on divorce and what Jesus had to say. Jesus proves his bona fides to us in his instructions because he is the good shepherd who laid down his life for us. We thus are … Continue reading
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Tagged divorce, faithfulness, marriage, proverbs, solomon
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who do you trust?
Jesus said in John 10:10 that the thief came only to steal kill and destroy. By contrast, his purpose was to bring life and that life “abundantly.” Jesus goes on in John 10 to assure us that he is a … Continue reading
marriage links
Jonathan Dodson has a great roundup of links to marriage resources. Go check them out.
intimacy and ownership
Challies points to a post by John Piper regarding I Corinthians 7:3-5. here is the passage: 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not … Continue reading
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Tagged free book, intimacy, John Piper, marriage, ownership, pdf download, sexual intimacy, this momentary marriage
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Paul Tripp on marriage
Paul Trip has a new conference DVD out on marriage called “What Did You Expect?” here is a video of excerpts. It looks quite good. Justin Taylor has more links to various related materials including links to free downloads of … Continue reading
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Tagged Between Two Worlds, justin taylor, marriage, paul tripp, what did you expect?
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This Momentary Marriage
I read This Momentary Marriage by John Piper earlier this year. It was an incredible book. Everybody should read it whether they are married or single. at the link above you can download the book for free in pdf form. … Continue reading
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Tagged John Piper, marriage, this momentary marriage, Westminster Bookstore
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discussion
I don’t how many of you have noticed the discussion that has been going on in comments to this post, but I encourage everyone to take some time and go check it out. I have a some questions though for … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, care, life, love, marriage, responsibility, selfishness, sex
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road trip listening
I just downloaded all nine of the messages in Mark Driscoll’s Peasant Princess series. I figured we are going to be spending some time in the car over the next week or so and might as well have something useful … Continue reading
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Tagged intimacy, love, mark driscoll, marriage, mars hill, peasant princess, sex, sex and love, song of solomon
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Fireproof's review by the NYT
surprisingly positive. “Fireproof” may not be the most profound movie ever made, but it does have its commendable elements, including that rarest of creatures on the big (or small) screen: characters with a strong, conservative Christian faith who don’t sound … Continue reading
fireproof
Julie and I and some friends of ours went to see this movie last night. It was really good. Not in the usual way. There wasn’t any great acting accomplishment and the script was kind of wooden. But the story … Continue reading