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3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Marry Them
(Copyright 2022) by David Rives (Lewisburg, Tennessee)   Yes, you read the title correctly. To introduce the topic of this discussion, I would like to begin by stating that there are many instances in early Biblical history of people marrying closely related family. Based on Biblical text it doesn’t seem to be a big deal. If we take the Bible literally at its word, this practice would have been necessary just after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden, and then again immediately following the Genesis Flood. However, in the book of Leviticus 18:6 things appear to have changed. It states: “None of you […]
5 Reasons Genesis 3:16 is Not a Model for Christian Marriage
by Eddie Hyatt (Tulsa, Oklahoma) I was driving along listening to a Christian radio station on the car radio. A well-known pastor came on and announced that he would be speaking about God’s plan for marriage. I was shocked to hear him read Genesis 3:16b as his text. This passage, in our English Bible, reads, Your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you (KJV). I could hardly believe what I was hearing. I found myself exclaiming aloud, “No! No! This passage is not about Christian marriage. This passage is describing the distortion of marriage as a result of […]