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Lust when a misdirected desire – is being used as a weapon against the church, marriage and family A common modern dictionary meaning of lust is: “Lust is defined as a very strong sexual desire or an intense longing for something. It can also refer to passionate desires for various things, such as power or food.” However in many mindsets the meaning of lust is sexual temptation Scripture uses the word “lust” more broadly than modern dictionaries.

Pornography does not honour God and does not honour marriage. It destroys relationships! The word pornography historically comes from the Greek words porni (“prostitute”) and graphein (“to write”). Originally the word was used to describe any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. In more modern use, pornographie appears in an 1800 French treatise on prostitution, and this French usage is the likely basis for our use of it in English today. Today it has taken

There is much to guide the people of the church to lead a Godly life with the inspired, written word within Hebrews 13. Focussing on the word “honour” in the opening of verse 13:4, “Let Marriage Be Held in Honour among all,” “honour” being translated from the Greek word “τίμιος.” We see that from Strong’s Number: g5093. “τίμιος timios; including the comparative τιμιώτερος timiōteros; and the superlative τιμιώτατος timiōtatos; from 5092; valuable, i.e. (objectively) costly, or (subjectively) honored, esteemed,

The ABS issued the 2025 statistics on the 28th July. One unspoken headline is that 40,748 children under the age of 16 were affected by these divorces making a total of 214,637 between 2021 and 2025. These children will potentially grow up with a fractured view of what marriage is! Marriages The total number of registered marriages for the year was 118,804 the number according to God’s design was 114,168. This is a drop of 2040 compared to 2024,

The theme of Marriage Week this year is “Honouring Marriage”. When we hear “honour marriage” or “honouring marriage”, most will relate firstly to Hebrews 13:4, where it is written “Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.” [NLT] Chronological LASB NLT Study Notes for this verse are: “Giving honor to marriage will require the utmost in Christian conviction and sensitivity. Modern social

Much is written these days about sustainability, usually in terms of the environment. For us, this should be a natural part of good stewardship and the dominion which we were given (Gen. 1:26-28), which, although lost through Adam's sin, was restored to us through Christ. Marriage between a man and a woman, as designed by God, should be the image of sustainability. Marriage is a covenant relationship for life, no matter what lies before us - God is always