*This is the text of the speech given at a Young People’s Mass Meeting held in 2018. Introduction, Verses 1-5 In verse one Solomon tells us he speaks to his son. In the rest of the chapter we see he is speaking to his son about the “strange woman.” The strange woman is sexual temptation […]
Proverbs 7 paints for us a vivid picture of a young man being led astray by a strange woman. He is described as “simple” and “void of understanding” (v. 7). Knowing exactly where he was going, he walked down the street to her corner. No surprise, there she was. “There met him a woman with […]
This article is adapted for young people from a speech given for Holland Protestant Reformed Church’s Evangelism Committee. How do Christians behave to make marriage last? Young people, pastors know too many things that ruin marriages. Every minister and elder in our churches has seen so much sorrow in marriages, so much dishonor of […]
Two things make this subject of great importance to you Christian young people. The first is that we are living in a world that is flaunting sexual license. This is true not only in sins between male and female, but the perversion of sex in every abominable form. Secondly, the sexual desires brought on by […]
From time to time the question is raised whether there is only one possible ground for divorce. Especially in our day when so many couples are unhappily married and seek a divorce, and the courts are so ready to grant legal separation on various grounds, rather than on the ground of fornication, the question asserts […]
“To pet or not to pet, that is the problem.” “What is the fate of the unplanned date?” In conversations with young people in our churches we have sensed a desire for some plain talk on this serious subject. While searching for information in another field, we came across this article by Rev. Dwight H. […]
“To pet or not to pet, that is the problem.” “What is the fate of the unplanned date?” In conversations with young people in our churches we have sensed a desire for some plain talk on this serious subject. While searching for information in another field, we came across this article by Rev. Dwight H. […]
Therefore marriage, with all that it implies, is impossible between a believer and an unbeliever. There may be certain natural and sexual attractions, but this can never be the basis for a real and durable marriage. An attractive figure with a pretty face does not yet include the necessary ingredients for a faithful wife and […]