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 […]
“You are so young, enjoy it!” Who hasn’t heard this occasional, well-intended encouragement from someone older? Peter Pan in Neverland, delayed adulthood, extended adolescence, the vanishing American adult[1], adultolescence[2]… Call it what you want; it is a thing. Unfortunately, this trend is becoming the new normal. We hear evidence straight from “the seat of the […]
I was only four years old when my mother abandoned my eleven siblings and me. My parents were addicted to alcohol, and my mother picked up one night, left, and never came back. My dad tried to keep my large family together, but eventually he forfeited his responsibility. He took us to a campus in […]
When studying a doctrine, it is good to start with the clearest passages and then to move on to the more difficult ones, and to interpret those more difficult ones in the light of the ones that are more clear. Or, to put it another way, if you read a passage and have difficulty determining […]
In our previous article, we looked at the purpose of marriage for the glory of God and his covenant. The second reason in the marriage form speaks of the calling to bringing forth covenant children. We do not minimize the struggles associated with child rearing and the responsibility of large families. Again, we need to […]
Have you ever heard the accusation, “Your stance on marriage, divorce, and remarriage is only a Protestant Reformed view!”? The lie that is leveled against us is that our view on divorce and remarriage is not biblical but is a view that is only held by the PRC. They say it is a theological novelty […]
It was the sixth day of history. God had just created Adam out of the dust of the ground. He had just brought to him the animals to be named, impressing upon him his need for a wife. He had just put Adam to sleep and from a rib made Eve. He had just brought […]
The purpose of marriage is the glory of God. This is crucial for a couple to understand in order that they enter into marriage with the right perspective. Marriage is not about me and not about you. Marriage is about God. Reformed churches since the time of the Synod of Dordt in 1618–19 adopted a […]
When a man and woman say their marriage vows, they enter a union that will be lifelong. How beautiful when they are both believers who confess this and rejoice knowing their marriage will be for life. This makes the occasion of their union one of great joy. With this article we begin a short series […]