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Five Things Submission Does Not Mean for Wives

How far does submission extend? Is there anything to which a wife should not submit? Are all women required to submit to all men? Does submission mean men can do whatever they like to their wives? What about physical or mental abuse? In any discussion of submission, some obvious and legitimate questions arise. To answer […]

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Jesus and Isaac’s Submission to Their Fathers

The summer after eighth grade, I flew from California to upstate New York to work on my uncle’s dairy farm. Being thirteen years old and having no friends in the area, I had to find things to do to entertain myself. A bull stood at the end of the barn staring straight ahead all day. […]

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Where Does the Old Testament Prophesy Jesus Would Be Raised on the Third Day?

There are clear Old Testament prophecies that Jesus would be raised from the dead, but where does it prophesy that Jesus would be raised on the third day? Psalm 16 is a messianic psalm, which means that even though David wrote it, we read it as though Jesus is speaking: For You will not leave […]

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Isaac Is a Type and Shadow of Jesus Christ

In a previous post I explained why God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. I also began looking at the typology that exists between Isaac and Jesus. Now we’ll continue with more examples… Isaac and Jesus Were “Offered” Up In Genesis 22:2 God said, “…and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there…” The […]

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Understanding Submission

If you are an American, I have bad news for you. You may have more trouble with submission than most people. Submission is considered not only un-American but downright anti-American. “Give me liberty or give me death,” was Founding Father Patrick Henry’s famous declaration during the American Revolution. And, indeed, Americans value liberty more than […]

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Husbands, Make Your Wives Supreme

Even though a man’s father and mother have been the most important earthly relationship in his life up to his wedding day, a husband is commanded to “leave” them to be joined to his new bride. This means if a husband is to leave his parents for the sake of his wife, there is nothing […]

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Understanding the Superior Love: Agape

Unlike the other forms of love, agape is a choice versus an emotion. Two of its characteristics make this clear. First, Agape Is Unconditional Phileo is conditional. Two friends might have phileo for each other because of qualities they share or circumstances that bring them together. But if those qualities or circumstances change, their phileo […]

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Understanding Love: Eros, Storge, and Phileo

Within marriage, the question is what kind of love should a husband have for his wife? Or a wife for her husband? What does that love look like? If spouses are to obey God’s command to love each other, they obviously have to be able to answer these questions. The New Testament is written almost […]

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Understanding Love: Eros, Storge, Phileo, and Agape

Within marriage, the question is what kind of love should a husband have for his wife? Or a wife for her husband? What does that love look like? If spouses are to obey God’s command to love each other, they obviously have to be able to answer these questions. The New Testament is written almost […]

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Joseph Is a Type and Shadow of Jesus Christ

Genesis 37 records Joseph being rejected by his brothers, thrown into a pit, and then captured by Midianites, but Genesis 37:2 says, “This is the history of Jacob.” Why would a chapter about Joseph say it is Jacob’s history? Jesus came from Jacob instead of Joseph, which puts the focus on Jacob, even though Joseph […]

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