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1 John 4.7-12. Love is not love (Pentecost)

1 John 4.7-12. Love is not love (Pentecost)

Love is our most powerful and most abused four letter word. The poet W. H Auden in his famous poem about love wrote: ‘Law like love I say. Like law we often weep, like law we seldom keep.’ Which is … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories 1 John, Atonement, Love, MarriageTags 1 John, Atonement, Love, Marriage

Matthew 19.1-30. Commitment

Matthew 19.1-30. Commitment

Jesus opens up the topics of sex, power and money, topics that were as difficult to speak about when he addressed them as they are for us today. His solution is not to proclaim our rights in these areas but … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Faith, Marriage, Matthew, WealthTags Contentment, Divorce, Faith, Marriage, Matthew, Power, Sex, Wealth

Luke 20: 27-47. Marriage & life

Luke 20: 27-47. Marriage & life

Our conversations about marriage in Australia seldom recall what traditional societies know as a matter of course. That marriage is about life. How life is nurtured, sustained and passed on in a dying world. Jesus, in his discussion with the … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Arguments of Jesus, Bible, Life after life, Luke, MarriageTags Life, Life after life, Marriage, Resurrection

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


For further thought

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 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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