Discipleship has many stages. Like in marriage, we go from infancy to maturity only if we’re willing to become “one” with our partner. It requires a “letting go” of our individuality so we can embrace a new identity together. Married couples who continue to live like singles never experience what the bond is intended to [...]
Category: covenant relationships
More Delightful than Wine
We’ve often heard how Christianity differs from other world faiths—"It’s a relationship, not a religion.” While this is a glorious truth, how many of us believe it? Or, to put it better, how many of us ACT AS IF we believe it? Most of us express our faith in Jesus by duties we perform. We [...]
A Cord of Three Strands: Holy Matrimony
My husband and I celebrate our anniversary this month—58 years together! When we started out, things didn’t look very promising. We were living 200 miles apart, so we only knew each other through letters and sporadic weekend visits. With both of us in university, we had no money saved and our career prospects were dubious. [...]