Posted on August 16, 2007 by Peter
in my second post about divorce, i received the question:
I guess my only question – Jesus made it clear that in the case of marital infidelity (which was a factor in the question), divorce was PERMISSIBLE, though not REQUIRED.
That said, I would agree that it’s God’s will that a couple stay together for life, but [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2007 by Peter
based upon the last post i wrote about divorce, i received this situation. i wanted to discuss it in a little more depth than just in a comment. so here it is:
so just for discussion’s sake. a man marries a woman who seems to be everything she says she is (bible believing christian) [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by Peter
more on the Law and Grace…
hypothetically, for sake of argument, let us suppose that we are to obey Torah today as followers of Jesus. if this is the case, then how do we obey commands like:
Slavery is permissible, and fathers may sell their daughters (Ex 21:7; Lev. 25:44).
You may not contact a woman [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2007 by Peter
From the past post, I summarized the Didache, an early church document. Now, let us really focus on the very first part of the Didache. The first part of the Didache speaks of the Way of Life. Interestingly, this way seems to emphasis commandments a large amount. There is no discussion [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2007 by Peter
As I was doing some research recently, I reread the Didache, an early Church document of instruction. I have spent a lot of time studying the Hebraic roots of Christianity in the past few months and the Didache speaks very differently to me now. I wanted to spend a few posts on discussing [...]
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