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Covenantal Love 01/26/2012

Marriage, being a binding legal covenant, offers distinct advantages over "living together." One which comes to mind is that marriage makes it more advantageous for each party to invest time and effort in seeking solutions to their difficulties. For a couple which lives together, a problem may be too distasteful to tackle, or a temptation too attractive to evade. A married couple, on the other hand, has strong legal and material incentive to address the same problem or temptation successfully. Breaking up is much easier than divorce.

The problems which bitterly divide those who live together, encourage those with a legal commitment to seek solutions. The intentions, love and commitment of both couples are similar. But the intentions, love and commitment of one couple are reinforced...by a binding covenant.

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Annonymous

02/13/2012 15:51

May I know what WPC view on the legalize gay marriage?

Pastor Zoeller link

02/16/2012 11:34

Dear Anonymous,

A gay individual recently told me that, to homosexuals and to society a binding legal commitment would present a distinct "stability" advantage over an impermanent relationship, the same as for heterosexuals. That is probably true. However, the trend today is that individuals neither recognize nor seek the "stability" benefit of a legal commitment.

Now to answer your question. The laws of a society may define marriage however a society chooses. God, in the Bible, defines marriage as between a man and woman. In the past, a Christian majority influenced America's laws heavily. Now...not so much. Recognizing that a society and Christianity may have different expectations, Jesus said, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

The application of Jesus' statement could profitably be discussed over a cup of coffee.

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What holds together such a diverse and faulty gaggle of the redeemed at Westminster? It’s not Westminster's medieval architecture or politics. It’s not what we drink. That runs from smoothies and Starbucks to Northwest wines, micro-brews and Cascade mountain water. It's not what we sing, or a preference for a particular musical genre. The glue that binds the people of Westminster together is a common trust in the same God, as understood through the unchangeable truth of a 4,000 year old book, the Bible. Pastor Zoeller

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I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Psalm 40.1-3

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