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Word on Twitter is that women of marriable age visit church as going to nunnery. I'm afraid getting wife now means doing missionary work.

This is something I've analyzed. I don't deny that economic realities exist, or the challenge. The Scriptures make it clear a man should "count the cost" before building. At the same time, for all the difficulties of modern life, we do have more...

Wealth is a relative term. How do you define it?

Ah, now I see. Yes, the angelic/female symbolism is a bit over the top. Analogies abd symbolism can only go so far before they become dangerous. But, like you said, there are some really great nuggets that you found. In my mind, I wouldn’t...

Sorry, I said 'genderless Jesus', but that wasn't accurate. So I'd like to retract that. :) "Now, let’s focus on verse 36 because this is the key to the chapter. “Neither can they die anymore for they are equal to the angels.” Let that resonate...

I would disagree with that. Doing right in their own eyes was the system God established when Israelites entered the land. It’s the he intended them to function.

You won't find answer here. This is aspect of old debate what starts marriage. Sex or something else? There is no definitive conclusion here.

I guess I'm just extremely careful with what I condemn as sinful.

I’m curious now. I don’t have his book. Without violating copyright, do you have a few lines of examples?

We have discussed this at length. The first thing I thought was Jesus on the cross asking the Father to forgive the people for crucifying Him because they didn’t know what they were doing Luke 23:24, which reminded me of the OT in Hosea 4:6...

This is an ideal. In the real world a wife has every authority to enforce a husband's vow by visiting consequences upon the husband who violates it. Paging Lorena Bobbit. ;) Understand that to me authority is not an entitlement, it is the...

You said, God does whatever He wills without asking you (or me) to give consent. The truth of Ephesians 1:13-14 is abundantly clear; the indwelling and sealing work of the Spirit is accomplished by God. If you think you've got big enough balls...

But to whom is the vow made? I have not seen in scripture where a man makes a vow TO the woman. The agreement or covenant that I have seen (Laban, et all.) is between the MEN, similar to a change of ownership ("stewardship" for those who reject...

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. We’ve seen plenty of lives play out in disaster over the years on this site because men discovered a mature doctrine and pursued it with youthful reckless abandon.

The monogamy vow is a little bit of all of those options. Vows in general should be kept. A wife has no authority to enforce a vow on her husband. A husband has the authority to instruct his wife to release him from that vow. The doctrinal case...