Monthly Archives: April 2007

While there is a single basic reason why marriage fails – that is our selfishness, there are a number of other things that if we get them wrong we are almost always on a path to failure, however by getting them right we set ourselves up for success. Part of these failings is due to [...]

We’ve seen the first valid reason for divorce in scripture – when an unbeliever leaves a believer because they reject Christ. The second valid reason for divorce is adultery, however there are lots of variations and these can make the issue complex in some circumstances. I’ll try and cut this as straight as I can, [...]

Our study on marriage turned to the topic of divorce this week.  The goal was to understand Gods intention for marriage, to examine the biblical reasons for divorce understand why divorce happens. We start with the design of God for marriage – which is really a no-brainer. Firstly according to several very clear texts in [...]

The second purpose of marriage (the first is here) is that it is here to serve earthly purposes.  This almost sounds condescending, but the idea is that there are some practical purposes for marriage – some of which will seem pretty obvious. Firstly, and hopefully most obviously marriage is the God given context for procreation, [...]

In the Bible there are essentially two sets of reasons for marriage on earth. One of these is of course to provide for the physical needs for human love, intimacy and procreation. The other provides a more profound glimpse into why we have marriage at all and what God thinks of it.  Lets look at [...]