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Rediscovering the Timeless Truths

God’s Design for Scriptural Romance
Part 1: Rediscovering the Timeless Truths

by John W. Thompson

 

Several years ago a missionary related to our church how three ominous inroads from Western culture are destroying the morality of families in India — even families in Bible-believing churches. These pernicious intrusions are Western television, Western rock music, and Western dating and romance. We were familiar, of course, with the corrupting influences of Western television and rock music. These plagues of post-Christian culture… Continue reading

Counteracting Courtship Speculation

Counteracting Courtship Speculation

 

The following letter was written to address the negative affects of others openly speculating on who is a potential match for a man’s daughter…

 

Dear brothers,

 

I am writing to let you know of a situation we have just been through that has caused us a wee bit of discomfort. My aim is to help us all learn from it and to make it easier for each one of us as we seek to… Continue reading

Betrothal: Should We Kiss Courtship Goodbye?

Betrothal: Should We Kiss Courtship Goodbye?

By Israel Wayne

 

Courtship is taking the nation by storm. It seems any homeschool convention of substance has an “expert” on marriage preparation who usually explains how courtship is a wise and even “Biblical” alternative to dating. Even the secular media is jumping on the bandwagon, talking about the newest hair-brained scheme of these radical homeschoolers. “What will they think of next?!”

 

This may come as a surprise to many, but I… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>