Tag: gender
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Jesus, Gender, and Marriage
4“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no…
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Jesus Believed
4“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no…
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The Creator’s Original Design
1This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.–Genesis 5 Jesus later quoted the first part of verse 2 (Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6). So we simply…
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Jesus Believed in Genesis
4He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female…–Matthew 19 Jesus was making an argument against divorce and this was his first point. But this simple sentence is so counter-cultural today that we need to pause and consider. This verse makes three powerful statements. In the…