Tag: Marriage

The Meaning of Marriage

On By Dr. Casey LewisIn Books, Family, PracticalLeave a comment

Today I want to highlight a video webcast on Tim and Kathy Keller’s new book The Meaning of Marriage. In this book and webcast, Tim and Kathy tackle the preconceived notions people in our culture have about marriage setting those next to the Christian view of marriage, in order to provide today’s singles and married couples with the correct view of marriage. The book is excellent, as well as this video webcast. Check it out by clicking the code below, when you do another window will open with the full size video in it.

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Interestingness

On By Dr. Casey LewisIn InterestingnessLeave a comment

As you sit down to have your bowl of cereal and coffee, check out some of the articles and videos I found interesting from around the web this last week.

The Empire State Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Albert Mohler put out a fascinating article covering the moral revolution happening in New York right now. You can read his commentary on the event by clicking here.

What Happens When Same-Sex Marriages End?

That was the question John Schwartz over at The New York Times asked and sought to answer in his latest news analysis this Sunday. Even though I don’t agree with him, I believe his article is telling of the questions many states will soon be forced to answer. You can read his article by clicking here.

Games – What is the Underlying Message they are Teaching Us?

Virginia Heffernan provides an interesting opinion in her latest article on the problem of games that “self level” depending on the players abilities. Games “self level” in order to keep players interested. On the surface there is nothing wrong with this, but it is the underlying message that is the problem. In referring to “self leveling,” Heffernan says, ” It does nothing to teach the all-important patience and tolerance for boredom that are central to learning.” You can read the rest of the article by clicking here.

Erasing Hell

The guys over at The Gospel Coalition put out a review of Francis Chan’s latest book Erasing Hell, which serves as a response to Rob Bell’s book Love Wins. You can read the review by clicking here.

Ultimate Dog Tease

This video is great. You have to watch it.

Ultimate Dog Tease from D’yer Mak’er on Vimeo.

How I Write, How I Live

Tim Challies put out a great article this week about living what you write. He informs us that writing all the right things is easy, but living what you write is hard. You can read his take by clicking here.

Interestingness

On By Dr. Casey LewisIn InterestingnessLeave a comment

Here are some interesting articles and blog posts I read over the last week, along with a video.

The Kindle Tablet?

Jeff Bezos talks about a potential Kindle tablet, as well as the future of color e-ink and library lending. Check out the interview by Paul Reynolds from Consumer Reports by clicking here.

Google I/O Recap

Engadget provided a blog post today highlighting all that took place at Google’s event this week. You can check out all the cool stuff Google is doing by clicking here.

Preaching Christ in the OT

Erik Raymond offers an interesting article challenging pastors to preach the context of the passage instead of making a bee line for Christ in the introduction. He offers five reasons we need to preach the context of the passage, as well as expound Christ from the particular text. You can check out his article by clicking here.

Killing off Marriage and the Presbyterian Churches Ordination Decision

This week Albert Mohler wrote two interesting articles. One on the institution of marriage, which you can check out by clicking here. His second article I want to highlight is on the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s decision to accept openly homosexual ministers, which you can read by clicking here.

Are You Behaving Like a Barbarian

Tim Challies highlights ways we behave like a Barbarian when it comes to our use of electronic media. Check out his interesting post by clicking here.

Video from the NFB of Canada

This video highlights the sad predicament our society is currently in; especially, the plight of our teens. Without Christ there is no hope. You can click here to watch it.

Marriage Needs a Vacation

On By Dr. Casey LewisIn DevotionalsLeave a comment

This last week was spring break for me.  My wife and I took a trip to Fredericksburg, TX, in order to rest, relax, play, and shop.  Ok, the shopping part was not me, it was her, but hey, she deserved it.

Anyways, as we accomplished our week of relaxation, I learned that time away from home with our wives is important.  With all the stresses of seminary and ministry work, we need a time to recharge our marriages.  Spending time away from the computer, telephone, and books is a must, and I decided to put all those aside during our retreat.

The outcome was no less than the development of a closer relationship with my wife, as we took time to just talk without the distractions of school, work, or our busy schedules. As we walked through the quaint shops of Fredericksburg, we simply enjoyed each others company, something we all to often put aside at home in favor of the computer, television, or our favorite blog.

So men, my charge is to take your wife on vacation, just the two of you, lock away the computer, turn off the television, and talk to your wife.  Your marriage will be all the better for it.