‘A better story’ – 1
Since the 1960s we have witnessed 'the overturning and liberalization of long-established ...
‘A better story’ – 10
The sexual revolution has, in effect, declared war on the weak, namely, our ...
‘A better story’ – 14
C.S. Lewis invited us to consider that our appreciation of everyday objects ...
‘A better story’ – 15
To flourish is 'to realize the full potential of what it means to be created ...
‘A better story’ – 16
Let's begin by acknowledging that the better story that Christians tell will ...
‘A better story’ – 5
The narrative of the sexual revolution, writes Glyn Harrison, goes something ...
‘A better story’ – intro
Two movies illustrate the sexual revolution that has been taking place since ...
‘Goodbye married couples, hello alternative family arrangements’
A recent article in the Guardian reports that 'Britain has become a significantly ...
‘If the church were Christian’ – 9
If the church were Christian, writes Phillip Gulley, 'It would care more about ...
“Wives, submit to your husbands”
I summarise a sermon by John Stott on Ephesians 5:22-33. It is available ...
1 Corinthians 7:14 – Sanctified spouses, holy children
1 Cor 7:14 - 'The unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and ...
50 politically incorrect thoughts for men – 1
Eggs are Expensive, Sperm is Cheap, by Greg Krehbiel. Crowhill Publishing, ...
50 politically incorrect thoughts for men – 2
11. Male obligations have been re-branded as "privileges". The male obligation ...
50 politically incorrect thoughts for men – 4
31. Boys need rough and tumble. They need to be trained, through sports and ...
50 politically incorrect thoughts for men – 5
41. Help with the laundry - sometimes. Help with the household tasks when ...
Adelphopoiesis: ‘the making of brothers’
It is interesting that both human rights activist Peter Tatchell and politician ...
Aspects of love – sermon notes
Text: Song of Songs 7:9b-8:7 The Song of Songs is a strange, unique, beautiful ...
Catholic abuse scandal – is celibacy to blame?
The Catholic clerical abuse scandal is, of course, very bad news: first and ...
Children need fathers
A recent change in UK law means that women in same-sex relationships can now ...
Children need parents who are married
An important study, published in September 2014, showed that children who live ...
Civil partnerships
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 provided for the legal recognition of homosexual ...
Cohabitation
As previously noted, there are over two million cohabiting couples in the UK ...
Cohabitation – a reality check
Decision-making by husbands and wives
George W. Knight III considers how decision-making might be approached in a ...
Divorce and remarriage
Some time ago, I participated in a debate about divorce and remarriage in Church. I ...
Don’t overspecify the biblical text!
Mark Ward comments on the (otherwise excellent) conference speaker who, referring ...
Ephesians 5:23- ‘The head of a wife is her husband’?
Ephesians 5:23 - 'The husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the ...
God’s good design for men and woman
It is sometimes thought that in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 we have two entirely ...
God’s good plan for men and women: our unfinished business
If the Christian church is to adhere to (or recover) God's good plan for men ...
Gone Girl
With its foul language and a scene of horrific sexual violence, the movie Gone ...
Guidelines on male headship in marriage
In their book The Meaning of Marriage Tim and Kathy Keller suggest what obeying ...
Lost boys
Tom Wright, bless his heart, has a habit of turning things on their heads, ...
Marriage and the marshmallow test
Marriage - not just some marriages, but marriage itself - seems to be on the ...
Marriage as God did not intend it
There are two views of marriage (writes Martin Davie) which are deeply ingrained ...
Marriage as God intended
In Glorify God With Your Body Martin Davie outlines what marriage, as divinely ...
Marriage rate at its lowest since records began
The proportion of Britons choosing to marry is at the lowest level since the ...
Marriage vows
One statement of marriage vows, permissible in the Church of England, runs ...
Marriage: surprisingly good for you
It would be easy to bemoan the prevalence, at the present time, the decline ...
Marriage: what the Bible teaches
(What follows is based on the teaching of John Stott, Issues Facing Christians ...
Pray to be gay?
So The Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth, provost of St Mary's Cathedral in ...
Remarriage after divorce
The Christian church has never reached agreement over the question of remarriage ...
Same-sex attraction and the church
The Plausibility Problem: the Church and Same-Sex Attraction. By Ed Shaw, ...
Sex in Genesis 2:18-25
Summarising this, by Martin Davie. Humanity has always been sexually differentiated. ...
Top 10 key facts on marriage
The Marriage Foundation have summarised their recent research findings in the ...
What if God has not joined together?
In Matthew 19:6 (= Mark 10:9) Jesus quotes Genesis 2:24, and then says, "what ...
Who needs marriage?
There is no denying the universality of the family unit (defined as at least ...
Why do many people prefer cohabitation?
Why do many people prefer cohabitation to marriage? Courtesy of Metro News. ...