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Song of Songs: Questions asked

Song of Songs: Questions asked

Below are pastoral questions that were asked during this teaching series on Song of Songs. [Article]

Michael Flynn


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Given the woman often takes initiatives in the relationship in Songs, what does this say about teaching on male … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Marriage, Singleness, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Headship, Marriage, Questions, Singleness, Song of songs

Song of Songs 8:1-14. Love as strong as death

Song of Songs 8:1-14. Love as strong as death

Love is ambiguous in our city. Full of promise and tragedy, desire and frustration. Love makes us human and is our fatal flaw. Songs finishes with a love that overcomes even death… a love God himself knows well. [Audio | … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Death, Love, Passion, Song of songs

Song of Songs 6:4-7:13. To have and to hold

Song of Songs 6:4-7:13. To have and to hold

We speak a great deal about love, sensuality and beauty in Melbourne. What we don’t speak as well about is how we abuse, misuse or misplace love, sensuality and our aesthetic sense. We are afraid to define love even though … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Love, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Aesthetics, Beauty, Love, Sensuality, Song of songs

Song of Songs 4:1-6:3. A man’s love

Song of Songs 4:1-6:3. A man’s love

We have more scientific detail than ever before about the differences between men and women but the theology of the Bible never teaches that difference in gender or race or gifting or status or wealth ever implies a difference in … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Love, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Attraction, Commitment, Love, Men, Song of songs, Women

Song of Songs 3:1-11. Love and loneliness

Song of Songs 3:1-11. Love and loneliness

Singleness, loneliness and the frustratiton of desire are part of life. They are also part of the contrasts that make up the poetry of Song of Songs. Perhaps to the surprise of our city today, we discover the Biblical God … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Love, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Longing, Love, Marriage, Singleness, Song of songs

Song of Songs 1:1-2:12. A woman’s love

Song of Songs 1:1-2:12.  A woman’s love

There is only one erotic writing from the ancient world where we hear the voice and desires of a woman. It is the Biblical wisdom book, Song of Songs. In fact, the majority of the speaking done in this book … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Love, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Allegory, Desire, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Men, Sex, Song of songs, Wisdom, Women

Song of Songs. Introduction

Song of Songs. Introduction

Everything depends upon this. Understanding this book, more than any other in the Bible, entirely depends upon how we introduce it. Poetry is by its nature ambiguous, yet nearly everything about Song of Songs from its genre, authorship, narrative voices, … Read more

Author Posted on Categories Bible, Love, Song of Songs, WisdomTags Allegory, Analogy, Genesis, Intimacy, Love, Man, Marriage, Passion, Song of songs, Woman

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