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May 17, 2006 By Andreas Köstenberger

The Top 10 Issues Facing Marriage and Family Today

In an interesting survey, LifeWay researchers solicited responses as to the “Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Family.” More than 2,000 people from around the country were part of this project. What are these top 10 issues facing today’s family? Here are the results: Anti-Christian culture Divorce Busyness Absent father figure Lack of discipline Financial pressures… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Marriage & Family, Missions & Discipeship Tagged With: Blog, Culture, Discipleship, Family, Marriage

April 28, 2006 By Andreas Köstenberger

Is Polygamy Next?

“Who’s Afraid of Polygamy?” taunts John Tierney in a New York Times Op-Ed piece not long ago (3/11/2006). Referring to the HBO series “Big Love,” which features a husband with three wives in Utah, Tierney calls polygamy, not “a barbaric threat to the country’s moral fabric,” but “an arrangement that can make sense for some… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Marriage & Family Tagged With: Family, Marriage

April 19, 2006 By Andreas Köstenberger

Children of Elders: What Are the Requirements?

In 1 Timothy 3:4, it is stipulated that an overseer’s children must “obey him with proper respect.” In Titus 1:6, the bar appears to be raised higher when it says that “[a]n elder must be . . . a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient”… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Marriage & Family Tagged With: Church, Elders, Family

March 17, 2006 By Andreas Köstenberger

What Does 1 Timothy 2:15 Mean? Will Women Be Saved by Childbearing?

In 1995, Tom Schreiner, H. S. Baldwin, and I edited the book Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9–15 (soon to be published in a 3rd edition). The focus of the book is a thorough exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:12, where Paul says he does not permit women to teach or have… Read More

Filed Under: Biblical Interpretation, Blog, Marriage & Family Tagged With: Church, Family, Gender, Theology, Women

March 3, 2006 By Andreas Köstenberger

What Are the Biblical Exceptions for Divorce? What about Remarriage?

The book of Genesis speaks of the man leaving his father and mother and being united to his wife, and they will become one flesh (Gen. 2:24). When asked about divorce (Matt. 19:3), Jesus cited this passage and commented, “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let no… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Marriage & Family Tagged With: Divorce, Family, Marriage

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