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I am Caucasian and a US citizen. My wife is from Indonesia. I didn't have any specific plans to find an Asian wife or an Indonesian wife when I started working abroad. But I was working abroad during the years I was looking for a wife, and I believed the Lord had a hand in having me where I...

Dangers of Feminism There are several ways in which Feminism has hurt Christian marriages and families and society. Feminism is deeply rooted in western thought, certainly American thought. Men and women both are influenced by it. It is an implicit assumption in TV shows and movies and...

There is an issue I would like to discuss, the sort of thing missionaries deal with. There is this country where a wide variety of churches have spread and over half of the country claims to be Christian. The strange thing is that among the Protestants, you can still find the practice of...

I saw a suggested video clip on YouTube the other day, and it was of a man asking a young woman he met on the street for her phone number, after warming her up to it first. When I was single, I didn't do that sort of thing, ask a girl I met on the street for her phone number. I had to know...

When I bring up the topic of the unbiblical role of pastor, I am not talking about the Bibilcal role of pastor, in Ephesians 4:11. No, I am talking about the concept of pastor that it seems like many if not most American evangelicals have, including Charismatics and Pentecostals. The idea of...

The scholar I FBed about this said usage trumps the silly non-rules. He also disagreed with Zodhiates interpretation here. If you are going to accept this kind of argument, be consistent. Let's look at the other aorists in the passage. I am going to use bold on the Aorists, otherwise, this...

26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by...

That stuff is evil. I mean, have you tried real spinach, and then tried to eat the stuff in a can?

I know that there is a Biblical pastor and teacher role mentioned in Ephesians 4:11. I am not talking about that. I am talking about the role we see in a lot of Protestant churches (in a broad use of the term) throughout the western world and other parts of the globe. So I would like to start...

In another thread, 1still_waters Zone seems to think Christians can potentially cast out demons, since this was the response to my question about the issue: According to Jesus, casting out a demon is a miracle. Mark 9:40 38 “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your...

I'm a parent of three girls. They aren't at the the teen or 'tween' age yet. But my wife and I have decided they won't do the teenage dating thing. We've let the girls know that. I've explained how the marriage thing works. Dad has to approve of them first. If they get old enough to marry...

I started another similar thread. This one is a bit different. Men, if you are dating a woman, and get to the point where you are discussing marriage, and the woman says, "When I get married, I want to obey my husband," what would you think about that? What do you think of women who say...

I read a post once about a man who said after he had been dating his wife, he told her he wanted a woman who would obey him and have more sex with him than most modern women would tolerate. He also wanted to have lots and lots of kids, he told her. She was cool with that. I'll forget about...

I'm a married man, but I post in the forum. In terms of gifting, I am gifted as a teacher. I have an interest in teaching the word of God as it relates to marriage, sexuality and even dating. I also have watched the last episode of the Bachelor and I am watching the Bachelorette to kind of...

On another thread, a poster expressed his displeasure with a first date where a woman subjects him to an inquisition to determine if he would be a good father. Thinking back, too much talk of marriage early on in a relationship was uncomfortable for me. I am curious about the opinions of...

There is a girl we know who just finished high school from a church we both used to go to. She's babysat for us before. Last night, she gave my wife a call about a 13 year old friend of hers who was getting kicked out of a foster home. The story was the girl asked permission to go somewhere...

I haven't followed the seasons of 'The Bachelor' or 'The Bachelorette', but I have seen some episodes. I remember someone telling me years ago about this crazy game show where people get married at the end. So I did watch some of it. One thing that seemed a bit too girly for me was how men...