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11
Nov

Understanding and Owning Christian Theology: Marriage & the Family

   Posted by: Doug    in Family

Understanding and Owning Christian Theology

Week 14 (Nov 6): Marriage & the Family

 MARRIAGE

Genesis 2:20-25

20So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

23And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

-Adam needed a helper – woman created especially suitable for man. Equal but different (out of man; Gen. 1:27).
-Adam waxed poetic – loving & sexual relationship – Oneness (Mal. 2:15); 1 Cor. 7:2
-New families (no patriarchal control of the future)
-One man, one woman (polygamy not God’s plan; homosexual unions are not marriage)
-By covenant (Mal. 2:14)
-For dominion (Gen. 1:28)
-For a godly off-spring (Mal. 2:15)

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29
May

Courtship – Dating – Dourting or Whatever

   Posted by: Doug    in Family, Family Pictures, Social Issues

My dear wife sent me this link to Nancy Wilson’s recent blog post in Femina: Courtship In the Air. In this post she links to two other posts by her husband, Doug Wilson, from which he suggests 21 Questions to prospective suitors and prospective wives. These are great questions and well worth remembering when your time comes to ask them!

David and Kathy's Wedding

I have advocated a “courtship”  model (whatever that means)  of approaching marriage, and have found that the whole discussion seems to invite more questions than it answers. I still think it is a helpful discussion because it causes people to think more self-consciously about how we can help our children think about the future as they prepare for marriage, what kind of relationship we hope to have with them during the process of finding and deciding on marriage, and help them to be wise and godly as they choose their spouse.

Jon and Michelle's Wedding

Many years ago after a long conversation with some friends about that I think about courtship I wrote a paper called an Outline of the Journey to Marriage. I have gone over it with my children to help us talk about various issues related to courtship. I don’t believe this is “THE” way to do courtship; I don’t believe there are scriptures that can be used to support every point I made; I don’t think it is for every family. But I do think there may possibly be some reasonable and wise ideas that some folks may find useful.

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