Are you in a relationship with a Muslim? What things should you know before you consider marrying a Muslim? In many marriages, two people from different faiths or perspectives marry each year. The most likely scenario is that the non-Muslim girl considers marrying a Muslim man. This situation is because Islam allows the man to marry a woman who is not a Muslim but believes in monotheistic ideas (commonly Christian or Jewish).
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Essence of the Covenant Matrix
A matrix molds an environment determining how something develops or shapes. Today, society and governmental determinations shape marriage to define a secular or contract matrix. However, a covenant marriage in God’s presence affirms the covenant matrix that molds this pattern to reflect God’s nature.
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Casting away God’s Love Letter?
The loving God says I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. (Jeremiah 31:3, ESV). But, does God still love us? Do words of love die out? Lovers re-read God’s Love Letter.
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Seekers! Deciphering Images for Determined Purposes
“If he had been thy guest, why with his mace, Cow-headed, has he done such violence?”
Shah Nameh
Often images determine purpose. Artifacts and images found in an ancient city often dominate the impression of what life was like previously. On a four-day visit to Afghanistan in 2006, I made a one-day journey to the area. Heading out alone presented risks, so my contacts repeated the maxim to return before dark. So, I found a local van that took me from Mazar Sharif to the ancient town of Balkh.
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Created in Intimacy – Adam and Eve’s Marital Oneness
Adam and Eve dwelled in marital oneness connecting to the Oneness in Trinity. Their oneness showed how they dwelled together. For the Trinity exists without rivalry or competition, an example of perfect love. Therefore, oneness always intends a dwelling together – a martial oneness shown with Adam and Eve.
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Monolith of Marriage – Truth or Fiction?
The sizeable upright truth about marriage found in Genesis 2:24-25 states, 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (NASB1995). The descriptive statement depicts the monolith of marriage for us.
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