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 … Read more
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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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more