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Life

Short answers to three questions : What is life? What is it to be human? What is our purpose? What is life? Life is a mystery! No-one has been able to create any form of life in spite of countless attempts. In my opinion much more faith is required to believe that life originated spontaneously than to believe there was an intelligent designer. I recently heard a talk by a doctor who used the phrase: “Mother Nature is clever”. I have also heard people say: “Evolution is clever”. Really! What does that mean? I rather agree with Andrea Bocelli, the Italian tenor, who says: “My faith comes from extremely simple reasoning: I do not believe in a clock without a clockmaker”. That is in agreement with one of Einstein’s mottos: “Out of clutter, find simplicity”. Einstein discovered one of the simplest equations of Physics which is at the same time one of the most profound: E = mc2. But on issues such as life and death I would rather rely on Bible doctrine than anyone else’s opinion. What do we...
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Marriage and Cohabitation

1. God’s plan and the weakness of our flesh. When Jesus was asked about divorce he referred to the account in Genesis where it was written that a man shall leave his mother and father to become one flesh with his bride. This implies that there are only two people having sexual relations in a God-honouring marriage. In Young’s Literal Translation part of Malachi 2:15 reads: “And He did not make one [only], And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed.” Other translations give their interpretation of this verse but from the context it is clear that God hates divorce. However, one could also argue from this text that God frowns on polygany (https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/polygyny). He made one wife for Adam although he could have made more. Indeed, he could have made more people since he had enough Spirit to do so. Rather, he wanted them to produce more people, namely godly offspring. This implies a healthy family life which i...
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