Scripture tells us to multiply and fill the earth (Gen. 1:28) and that children are a blessing from God (Psalm 127:3-5; Prov. 17:6). So, if individual Christian couples are not obeying the command to fill the earth by having children are they sinning? First of all,...
Adultery is a devastating sin within a marriage, and the result is often divorce. But, can marriages be healed when adultery been committed? Yes, they can. As Christians, if a spouse commits adultery the other spouse has the legitimate option to divorce, but not the...
If you are a Christian and you don't love your spouse anymore, then you must learn what biblical love is so that you can love your spouse properly. Human-based love is a feeling. Biblically-based love is an action, a sacrificial commitment to others, and you don't...
I was watching a discussion among atheists in a chat room, and one of them said, "Isn't God's definition of marriage only his opinion?" I thought the question was both intriguing and sad. It's intriguing because the atheist assumed that God existed (which is against...
Christians who were married here on earth will not be married in heaven. The Bible tells us that marriage is dissolved at death. Romans 7:2-3, "For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the...
The purpose of marriage is ultimately to glorify God since he tells us he made us for his glory (Isaiah 43:7). Marriage is the covenant union of a man and a woman for the purpose of committing to each other in companionship, provision of food and shelter, sexual...
Your salvation does not depend on whether or not you get a divorce. Divorce is not automatically a sin. God divorced Israel. Jer. 3:8, "And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her treacherous...
A marriage ceremony performed by an official state representative is a valid marriage even though it is not performed in the church. The state does not give the church the authority to marry. It is God who gives the state the authority to marry. "Let every person be...
Marital separation might be advisable in certain circumstances though it is not something to be considered lightly. Once separation has occurred, it is easier to do it again, and again and could contribute to the dissolving of the marriage. However, there are times...
Unfortunately, the world is moving further and further away from moral purity and more towards doing what is right in its own eyes. One of the symptoms of this moral decay is the increase in denial of the necessity of marriage. First of all, we need marriage because...