Christian attitudes to sex and relationships are often seen today as old-fashioned, even repressive. But that couldn’t be further from the truth – God wants to protect us from hurting ourselves and others, and to experience the joy of intimacy in a loving relationship.
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Have you ever seen a film or TV show where someone was happily single? Our society tells us all the time that being in a relationship is the thing which matters most. But what dose the Bible say about marriage? How do we live as a Christian in this part of our lives?
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Proverbs is full of wisdom: wisdom is how to live in God’s world in God’s ways. Many people love to turn to Proverbs to discover what wisdom it contains for living everyday life. However, one of the problems with Proverbs is that the wisdom is not really categorised – it doesn’t come with an index system! I have found one of the best way of getting into Proverbs is drawing out everything it says on a particular topic.
In this article we’re going to look at what Proverbs has to say about love and marriage.
One thing which we need to say to begin with is that Proverbs is addressed from a Father to a Son. This means that everything is written from a male perspective. This is not to say that women cannot read and benefit from this advice as well! But it does explain why it seems to address a man rather than women directly.
Let’s put together some of the wisdom that Proverbs contains about love and marriage.
Continue reading “Wisdom of Proverbs: Love and Marriage”How does God want us to live when it comes to marriage and sex? Most of us haven’t had an affair – so does that mean we can simply ✅ God’s command here and move on? Jesus explains that there’s far more to it than that.
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The previous Sermon on the Mount video on “Keeping the Rules (Murder)” is available here.
In due course this series will replace the existing Sermon on the Mount series.
This is the only one of the How to Live as a Christian series where we think about specific sins. Why should we think about marriage and sex, and how do we obey Christ in this way?
In this session we cover:
This is part eight of the “How to Live as a Christian” video course. In due course, this will be available as a as a course for you to complete as part of the teaching programme.
The How to Live as a Christian series is designed to help new (and not-so-new) Christians get up to speed about living in the way God wants us to. It’s designed to be practical, so that it’s not just all about the theory. You can check out all the videos so far on the YouTube playlist, or if you prefer you can read the whole series.
