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Marriage and Theonomy
1) Marriage is for both believers and unbelievers. 2) Marriage is not a sacrament, although marriage does provide a spiritual illustration. 3) In Scripture, particularly in the Old Testament, the civil magistrate is given jurisdiction for policing marriage including criminal prosecution of adultery. 4) The general equity of the OT civil law on marriage is…
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Responding to Steve Hays' Argument for Divorce Grounded in "Domestic Violence"
Steve Hays recently published a post (link to post) in which he argued in favor of the notion that domestic violence is a legitimate ground of divorce. I provided some comments in the comment box of that post, which led to Steve posting two new posts addressing some of my comments (link to Steve’s second…
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Properly Loving One's Neighbor
Douglas Wilson (there, I’ve now lost half my reading audience) has posted some shots at Horton’s piece on “gay marriage.” (link to Wilson) Wilson was struck by something Horton said, something that also struck me: “The challenge there is that two Christians who hold the same beliefs about marriage as Christians may appeal to neighbor-love…
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"So You Still Think Homosexuality is Sinful?"
Another graphic that is floating around the social media sites is one titled “So You Still Think Homosexuality is Sinful?” and subtitled “And therefore gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry?” (Example) That’s not actually the reason that “gay marriage” shouldn’t be allowed. The reason is that such a thing is an oxymoron. Marriage is a…
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Joseph and Mary's Marriage
On a recent Dividing Line there was a clip played taken from, if I recall correctly, the “Catholic Answers” show, regarding Joseph and Mary’s “marriage.” The caller asked (and I may be slightly paraphrasing) two questions: 1) Where in the Bible does it say that marriage is only valid when it is consummated? 2) Did…