SOME years ago as a passenger in a car in the United States, I heard a voice say: “Saint Christopher speaking: You’re on your own now!” St Christopher, the supposed Roman Catholic saint for travellers, had been built into a device that told the driver when he was exceeding the speed limit. It …
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NOWADAYS fathers are present at the births of their children. The wonder and pain, the cry of life and the blood of birth are thus in some measure shared by both parents.
The helpless, naked miracle of a first newborn child surpasses any other experience within marriage. A sense of unworthiness s…
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WHY marriage today? Is marriage different these days? Is the basis of Christian marriage different from marriage in Old Testament times? God made man and woman and their creation took place in two steps, first man and then woman. Man came from the dust, but woman came from the living Adam. E…
HAVE you ever been questioned by someone engaged in collecting information by Gallup poll or some similar fact-finding agency? If you have, you were probably forced to say ‘Don’t know’ in response to some question or other. ‘Don’t know’ means either, ‘I haven’t sufficient information…
YOU can buy a clock that is accurate to millionths of a second, but it cannot give you more time. Everyone has 24 hours each day, neither more nor less. But there are some days when we seem to cram a week into a day, and others when we say, ‘I have nothing to show for it’.
Marriage’s port…
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When Israel left the land of Egypt, the whole family came out. They crossed the Red Sea and they were all sustained by God in the wilderness. What will happen to families when Jesus comes back?
Responsible members will be taken to the judgement seat of Christ. What about the others? We can be sur…
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MARRIAGE begins before the wedding day. Not, as we have seen, in the most intimate physical sense; but in the building of a new relationship. Marriage is a structure, a true building, and not merely an event in time.
Take your time about marriage. Knowingly to cement a wrong relationship is askin…
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THE defences are down. In marriage we do not seek to protect ourselves from our partner, nor are we constantly looking over our shoulder or eyeing each other suspiciously. We are at one and have surrendered to each other in trust and mutual delight. Neither of us is perfect and on occasion we will u…
Royal weddings are special events. They provide a spectacle not to be missed. The bride’s dress is first a subject for speculation and then a cause of wonder and admiration as she steps from her coach into the sunlight. The bridegroom, though usually higher in rank, takes second place.
The invi…
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