Posted by Hallee on Feb 8, 2012 in
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Romance With this focus on marriage this week, culminating in Valentine’s Day with a focus on sweethearts and love, think about your marriage and your relationship with your spouse. Is there anything you can do special this week to make him feel special? To let her know how much you appreciate her?
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Tags: Culture, Holy matrimony, Human behavior, Human Interest, Love, Marriage, Romance, Sociology, Sweethearts, Valentine's Day
I thought chapter 6 of Nancy Leigh DeMoss’ Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets them Free, just kind of brushed on the issues about marriage and the lies that can trap and hurt women. It seemed to just skim the surface. I don’t know if the author was trying to stay non-controversial or if she just didn’t want to get bogged down in details that could each one make up their own book.
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Tags: Abraham, Adam, Bible, Bible Study, Elijah, Eve, Human Interest, lies and truth, Lies Women Believe, Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Seeds of Faith
Women who are loving TOWARD men are always lovable BY men, no matter what those women look like over the course of the day to day fray.
Tags: Adultery, Appearance Matters, Christian theology, Critical Thinking, Epistemology, Ethics, Fallacy, Family, Fidelity, Forgiveness, Girls Gone Wise, Holy matrimony, Human behavior, Infidelity, Intimacy, Intimate relationships, Logic, Mark Driscoll, Marriage, Mary Kassian, Misandry, Misogyny, Perfectionism, Physical intimacy, Rachel Held Evans, Reality, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, sexuality, Social Issues, Spirituality, Stewardship, The Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Then Free, Theology, Tim Challies
The level of personal offense someone takes when presented with a truth claim does nothing whatsoever to invalidate the truth claim.
Tags: Adultery, Appearance Matters, Christian theology, Critical Thinking, Epistemology, Ethics, Fallacy, Family, Fidelity, Forgiveness, Girls Gone Wise, Holy matrimony, Human behavior, Infidelity, Intimacy, Intimate relationships, Logic, Mark Driscoll, Marriage, Mary Kassian, Misandry, Misogyny, Perfectionism, Physical intimacy, Rachel Held Evans, Reality, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, sexuality, Social Issues, Spirituality, Stewardship, Theology, Tim Challies, Truth
The conflated argument Evans puts forward stands on the proposition that it “should make no difference” whether a wife maintains stewardship over her subjective appearance — that such stewardship or lack thereof ought to have absolutely no impact on her husband’s daily battle with sexual temptation.
Tags: Adultery, Appearance Matters, Christian theology, Critical Thinking, Epistemology, Ethics, Fallacy, Family, Fidelity, Forgiveness, Girls Gone Wise, Holy matrimony, Human behavior, Infidelity, Intimacy, Intimate relationships, Logic, Mark Driscoll, Marriage, Mary Kassian, Misandry, Misogyny, Perfectionism, Physical intimacy, Rachel Held Evans, Reality, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, sexuality, Social Issues, Spirituality, Stewardship, Theology, Tim Challies, Truth
While Pastor Challies starts his article by pointing out the red herring Evans cooked up — that if wives slouch off on their appearance, husbands will cheat on them — that isn’t what he chooses to focus on in the main thrust. Challies makes the case that while YES appearance counts in marriage, he dispels the notion that becoming a slob absolves your spouse of any sin. Further, he draws the distinction between naturally growing old and living life with what he calls inward and outward appearance.
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When a wife rejects or belittles her husband’s sexual needs, she very obviously HARMS his ability to avoid improper sexual impulses. But that isn’t entirely what either of these cited truth claims state. The truth claim in each of the above cases expands on that accepted fact by stating that when a wife ignores (a) her appearance and (b) her husband’s sexual needs, she is NOT HELPING him to avoid sexual temptation.
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Don’t get me wrong. I am not attempting an argument from personal ignorance, nor am I accusing Evans of outright lying. After all, what would be her possible agenda?
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Does appearance matter in marriage? Is refusing to take stewardship over one’s personal appearance — “appearance” as defined by whatever subjective standards individual married couples recognize — considered sinful?
Tags: Adultery, Appearance Matters, Christian theology, Critical Thinking, Epistemology, Ethics, Fallacy, Family, Fidelity, Forgiveness, Girls Gone Wise, Holy matrimony, Human behavior, Infidelity, Intimacy, Intimate relationships, Logic, Mark Driscoll, Marriage, Mary Kassian, Misandry, Misogyny, Perfectionism, Physical intimacy, Rachel Held Evans, Reality, Religion/Belief, Rhetoric, sexuality, Social Issues, Spirituality, Stewardship, Theology, Tim Challies, Truth
Posted by Hallee on Dec 9, 2011 in
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Life,
Marriage,
Surviving separation I’ve been asked by Care.com to contribute to a series about celebrating the holidays as a military family. In Holiday Boot Camp for the Military Spouse, Care.com listed resources for 26 tips for making this holiday special – no matter where your family is stationed.
Tags: Afghanistan, Care.com, Christmas, Civilian contractor, Culture, Gregg, Human Interest, Marriage, Surviving separation
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