Marriage for Love-Making, Singleness for Bliss
The Bible exalts both marriage and singleness. Both are important life phase so we need to prepare for both and we need inspiration for both.
The Bible exalts both marriage and singleness. Both are important life phase so we need to prepare for both and we need inspiration for both.
Crucial to what makes marriage work is resolutely offering grace to our spouses. We need tremendous spiritual power for this. The secret is in being forgiven.
God will do what He will do to save us. So we do well to, w/Doula Mary, in contrast to Priest Zechariah, believe what He says through Gabriel & not resist Him.
A different perspective on the Christmas story–Luke 1 (interpreted through the OT anticipation of Mary in Judges 5). Mary had a marshal mindset in her mission.
For souls gipped by sexual temptation, the apostle’s exhortations in 1Corinthians 6 hold great power.
Some lines of the universe you cannot color outside of, but realizing your gender quickens you, and the beauty of the dance overshadows both man & woman.
It was May, 2004. Trans was on the rise in Greenwich Village. Confronted by Deuteronomy 22:5, I had to understand why God feels so strongly re cross-dressing.
We must squarely face the perennial obstacle of intergendered unions: anger. In our marriages, Jesus brings us to deep repentance and so deep redemption.
You could hear a pin drop after reading this passage, what my wife calls a pew-gripper. We were going through Deuteronomy…
In marital covenant lovemaking, we imitate, in a toy way, divine intimacy. God does not have a body as we do, but we’re God’s image splayed out in space & time