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  • A Question about Marriage and the Bible – can you help

    I’ve been asked an interesting question by the Vice Provost, the Rev Cedric Blakey this week.

    The question is this – or at least something like this:

    If one were in conversation with a couple considering marriage, which married couples from the bible would you cite as good examples of marriage based on the biblical evidence.

    Let us make this easy and restrict things to couples in the bible who could be said to be married in the form that so many people want to tell me is the biblical model for marriage – ie one man and one woman, no sex outside marriage.

    I’d be interested to hear your suggestions. Which biblical couples affirm this model?

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6 responses to “He is risen indeed, Alleluia!”

  1. Meg Rosenfeld Avatar
    Meg Rosenfeld

    Happy Easter, Kelvin!

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  2. Ronnie Smith Avatar
    Ronnie Smith

    Hail glittering Light bedecks the dawn! Indeed.
    CHRIST IS RISEN, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!
    Greetings from Aotearoa/New Zealand

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  3. Keith Battarbee Avatar
    Keith Battarbee

    Forgive my denseness, or ignorance, Kelvin – but what are the white bits?! Feathers? Rose petals? No, you could never throw them that high. Have you opened a magnum of superbubbly? – Whatever they are / it is, it looks lovely!
    Christ is risen from the dead: By his death he conquered death, and to those in the grave he gave life! [Easter troparion]

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    1. Kelvin Avatar
      Kelvin

      Silver stars fired from a glitter cannon. (No, really!) During the singing of Hail to thee O Queen of Heaven.

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      1. Meg Rosenfeld Avatar
        Meg Rosenfeld

        Oh, I see: they are a miraculous indoor Hail-storm. 😎

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      2. Whit J Avatar
        Whit J

        Your sexton now hates you. 😜

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