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-Equal But Different

When men and women sing together, their voices blend. Sometimes the women will sing a part by themselves, and then the men will sing another part by themselves. We become aware of the difference in their voices. We do not think of the male voice being superior and the female voice inferior. Each has its own range and quality. When men and women are able to sing their different parts in harmony, the result is rich and fulfilling. As we learn to draw upon the value of what is distinctive to men and women, our life together becomes stronger and more beautiful. This is the teaching of the Bible. [...]

November 2, 2010

-Marriage: The Core Of Family Life

“Christ did not come to preach any new brand of morality. The golden rule of the New Testament (do as you would be done by) is a summing up of what everyone, at bottom, had always known to be right. Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities; it is the quacks and cranks who do that. As Dr. Samuel Johnson said: ‘People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.’ The real job of every moral teacher is to keep bringing us back, time after time, to the old, simple principles we are all so anxious not to see.” [...]

December 2, 2009