Sentences with phrase «way of a good marriage»

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But in that moment Orr opened the door to a nine - year struggle during which his marriage would end, he would take a company public and then sell it, plunge into depression, drop out of the workforce, and take another company public, all while searching for a way to be a good boss and a good person.

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Whether you are currently single or married, it's important to prepare yourself for the realities of marriage by understanding that each of the six categories above will come with a set of obstacles in some way, shape, or form; and then do your best to learn and prepare for those times.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

I point to the callous way in which upper - middle - class deconstructions of traditional morality have made marriage into a luxury good.

From this heavily fortified definitional base George and Bradley reason that sexual acts of the reproductive type typically further the good of marriage, and persons (whether married or not) who engage in sexual acts of the nonreproductive type «necessarily treat their bodies and those of their sexual partners (if any) as means or instruments in ways that damage their personal (and interpersonal) integrity.»

But in the very next chapter, he praises celibacy as a higher calling — a better way of serving Christ — than marriage.

Those who know from within what marriage may demand are often unimpressed with the claim of the celibate that his way of life is renunciation for the service of the higher good, even when it is conceded to be innocent altogether of any unconscious homosexuality.

In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriage.

Religious arguments are, so they insist, superfluous in defending a traditional view of marriage: «Because marriage uniquely meets essential needs in such a structured way, it should be regulated for the common good, which can be understood apart from specifically religious arguments.»

To speak of sexual undertakings in the way implied by the traditional marriage rites of the churches is to deny people access to a basic human good from the start and for reasons that are difficult if not impossible for modern people to grasp.

One of the best ways a congregation can support two - parent families is to give adequate attention to marriage from a Christian perspective.

On the way she touches on the application of science and technology to sex and reproduction, dips into literature to illustrate changing attitudes in the halfcentury between Nevil Shute and Bridget Jones, considers sexual compatibility in the light of the Song of Songsand writes well on the psychology of marriage and self - giving.

As far as attending the marriage ceremony of gay people i have two points of view the first is that that is there choice to live how they want to but to me that is clearly not Gods best and sin is sin and needs to be repented of but that is my standard not theres.As far as divorced people remarrying why shouldnt they if they have repented of there past God forgives them not condemns them.As he said to the women caught in adultery do they condemn you and she answers no and he says and neither do i.Go and sin no more.This was not just for the women causght in adultery this lesson was for every one of us he was addressing our sin publically for all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God that being his son Jesus Christ he is telling us that we must make the same decision to go and sin no more to repent in our hearts and the only way to do that is to give our hearts and lives totally to Jesus Christ other wise we are no better than the hypocrites in JESUS day.brentnz

A rather good treatment of the «Christ - Church marriage», its prophetic foreshadowing in the Genesis «one - flesh» text and a reflection on sacrifice in marriage then gives way naturally to two further chapters covering the problems facing Catholics with regard to divorce and remarriage.

I hope these methods will encourage you to discover other ways as well for enriching the vertical dimensions of your life and your marriage.

Another preacher preaching what ever goes is ok with Christianity... If your going to preach Christianity based on the Bible, then you might as well forget gay marriages are ok... If you want to twist it around then thats up to you... Paul said, «The Berens were of noble charachter because they didn't believe what they heard, but they took what they heard and confirmed it with the Bible... So its like the Yen or Yang... Its either Gods church or Satans Church... Can't be any other way... Do I hate gays, no... I have some very close friends that I have had for over 30 years that are gay, but I think they will be accountable for their life styles... Thats the thing about Christianity, we are held accountable, its not an everything goes belief... Its rules we have to follow... And rules we will be held accountable... So maybe this preacher needs to start a dfferent faith or religion... One where there are no rules and where its people are not accountable for their actions...

Stories of long - term spiritual growth and fulfillment in church are, in many ways, similar to stories of long - term growth and fulfillment in marriage: what matters more than initial compatibility is long - term commitment to growing together, working through conflict, and learning as broken people to love other broken people well.

Readers of Al - Jumuah deal pretty ordinarily with the ordinary vexations of family life in America: How to stay connected with your kids, how to raise good kids who know the value of study and hard work, how to improve a marriage, all these from a Muslim perspective are explored, more or less in the same way they are examined in a Christian family magazine.

Most Un-Cool -LRB-... and not in a good way): Karen Swallow Prior at Her.Meneutics with «An Open Letter to Donald Miller» (Unsolicited marriage advice from a complete strange in the form of «open letter» = not cool.

We help people understand that it's God's intent that we steward and enjoy the gift of sex, like every gift he gives, in such a way that is glorious to him, good for our marriages and a lot of fun.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

Our discussion of intimacy in marriage is an effort to explore the ways in which the good news can come alive in a vital human relationship — marriage.

Chick - fil - A spokesman dies amid furor over same - S e marriage Do you see what they are doing that a man that wants to run a business the way he wants has a terror gay organization trying to limit his free speech as well as the city of Chicago wanting to limit him on business permits and saying he cant get a license to run his business and falsely stop a business from going forward.

Marriage is the single best way to choose your next of kin.

In no way questioning the just demands of women, I would suggest that the assumption that their success will make marriage better is a mirage.

God could had it been both ways is possible for him... created of all livings from chemicals to full creatures... in the book if looked so simple is because God message was to people with less knowldge premitive whether in the east or west... and had to be in simple examples but that might hold big meanings in today's knowldge and facilities... about mankind God created at it's best, but never in the Quran it was stated that men had been given his (God's) looks... God told us that all creatures are nations like us, which means they were created in the same way... although God as well spoke of integration of mankind and well as animals in cross marriages that made variable nations...

God could had creation either ways is possible for him... created of all livings from chemicals to full creatures... in the book if looked so simple is because God message was to people with less knowldge premitive whether in the east or west... and had to be in simple examples but that might hold big meanings in today's knowldge and facilities... about mankind God created at it's best, but never in the Quran it was stated that men had been given his (God's) looks... God told us that all creatures are nations like us, which means they were created in the same way... although God as well spoke of integration of mankind and well as animals in cross marriages that made variable nations...

Indulging in relations without the total commitment which marriage represents is to use a good thing in a wrong way, and the gravity of the wrong is in direct proportion to the degree of the goodness of this relationship.

If you were happily married and that marriage led to an increased sense of well - being, would you want to know if your spouse was cheating on you, even if that knowledge would make you less happy and act in perhaps unhealthy ways?

For this reason, the Church's teaching on marriage, strict though it may be by the standards of our time, is good news, a gospel in a way ideals and values can never be.

Theology of Marriage and the Problems of Mixed Marriages (with the Lutheran World Federation)(8) and Towards A Common Understanding of the Church -LRB-.9) Discussions are now in progress about the best way for the Catholic - Reformed dialogue to proceed to a new stage.

Because the male - female difference must be erased to make way for same - sex marriage, the procreative potential of the male - female union must be set aside as well.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

In many ways when your marriage is in crisis and your future is at stake, you do become a better student of life.

I can't think of a better way to celebrate love, regardless of Valentine's Day and National Marriage Week, than thinking about how we could make marriage better fit for who we are and how we live today — even if that means there's no such thing as mMarriage Week, than thinking about how we could make marriage better fit for who we are and how we live today — even if that means there's no such thing as mmarriage better fit for who we are and how we live today — even if that means there's no such thing as marriagemarriage.

Although there are many ways to be a better husband or better wife and improve your marriage, this list of five things you can do is centered around major red flag issues that commonly tear marriages apart.

There's no way to know if any of this applies to Clay and his wife (and since she's wife No. 3, Clay at least should be well aware that marriage is not a fairy - tale!)

But if you know that's your weakness, I suppose that would be one way to attempt to affair - proof your marriage — well, at least your part of it.

Neither has questioned the institution, as Gilbert has; they just want to spend the rest of their lives with their respective partners and believe marriage is the best way to do that.

Maybe couples need to adjust their expectations to our new realities — that marriages don't always last a lifetime (and that's OK), that love isn't the best reason to say «I do,» that monogamy shouldn't be assumed — just as a parent of a child with bipolar or OCD must adjust his or her expectations, and find new ways to measure «success.»

Beware, though, the experienced helpers who are a bit too helpful and try to push you out of the way even to the extent of trying to guilt you into leaving your baby behind to go on a walk or a date - night «for the good of your marriage.»

Learned that the hard way as well, our first year of marriage was all about me trying to pick fights constantly.

Though critics accuse many of these greats of striking a happy marriage between public good and private bliss, history is clearly kind to them, by the way they have shaped the temper of the Nigerian newspaper press.

You seriously think the NHS is overfunded, the Armed Forces are overfunded, that banking needs less regulation, that we'd be better of battering heads with EU nations than cooperating with them, and that moralising about marriage and sexuality is the best way forward.

A woman at one of my workshops recently told me that in the course of her marriage when things weren't going well, her husband would pursue rough sex as a way of taking his aggression out on her.

15 years into this marriage and he still surprises me by some of his comments but I will say he's come a looooong way (well, both of us have, I guess).

Today 1 in 3 marriages begin online1 and as many as two - thirds of people surveyed think online dating is a good way to meet a prospective partner2.

Shining a spotlight on traditional marriage as well as some of the ways to redefine it, The New I Do outlines precisely what is needed for each type of marriage to be a success, making it perfect for those seeking commitment or second marriage, and wanting, this time, to go in with both eyes wide open.

Well, since you asked nicely... you'll need a few good sugar daddy dating websites, because they are a safe way to meet these fabulous men, and also to specify exactly what level of «arrangement» you want, from casual indulgent treats to full - on luxurious marriage, and everything in - between.