Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4180. When people ask me how the Spirit and marriage decisions relate, they usually want one of two things. Either they are single and longing to know whether a particular person is the one God has for them, or they are already courting and want assurance that they are not making a terrible mistake….
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12015 The Bible does not mention contraception directly. There is no verse that says “thou shalt not use contraception” and no verse that says “family planning is commended.” This means the question must be approached through broader biblical principles rather than proof texts. Christians who hold strong convictions on both sides of this question…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12016 In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a deeply personal and often painful subject. Many couples who pursue it have experienced years of heartbreak through infertility, and the desire for a child is one of the most natural and God-given longings a human being can have. The Bible does not address IVF directly, since the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11105 Few biblical concepts generate more heat and less light than headship and submission. The words themselves have become so culturally charged that many Christians either avoid them entirely or reduce them to caricatures. But Scripture uses them deliberately and with care, and the church does not have the option of ignoring what God…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11104 The question of roles within marriage is one of the most contested topics in the contemporary church. Secular culture insists that any differentiation of roles between men and women is inherently oppressive. Parts of the church have absorbed that assumption uncritically. But Scripture does not leave this question open to cultural negotiation. It…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 11007 Few pastoral questions are more painful than those involving divorce. When a marriage is in crisis, people want to know: Does God ever permit divorce? What are the biblical grounds? What about remarriage? These questions deserve careful, compassionate answers from Scripture. God’s Design: Marriage is Permanent We must begin with God’s ideal. When…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11006 For single Christians, few questions are more pressing than how to approach relationships. The Bible was written in cultures where arranged marriages were the norm, so it does not give us a step-by-step guide to modern dating. Yet it provides principles that should shape how we pursue marriage. Marriage is Good Let us…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11008 Few pastoral questions carry more emotional weight than the question of remarriage after divorce. Churches have sometimes handled this issue with a harshness that compounds the pain of broken marriages, and at other times with a permissiveness that ignores what Scripture actually teaches. The Bible does not leave us without direction on this…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12010 Marriage is one of the most discussed topics in contemporary culture, and almost everyone has an opinion about what it is, what it should look like, and who gets to define it. The Christian answer to that question is straightforward: God defines marriage, because God created it. Before there was a state, a…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11106 In a culture that often treats marriage as the expected norm and singleness as a problem to be solved, the Bible offers a surprisingly different perspective. Singleness is not a deficiency, not a waiting room, and not a lesser state of Christian existence. Scripture speaks of it with genuine honour and presents it…