Posts Tagged ‘fornication’
My daughter said she would marry when she moved back in with us, but she and her boyfriend are still unmarried. What do we do?
Question: My daughter and her fiancé moved in with us over two months ago because he lost his job. Part of their plan was to move a great distance to where his dad lives. I told my daughter that they had to get married immediately upon their arrival and she agreed. I told her that…
Read MoreThank you for enlightening me about why sex before marriage is wrong
Question: Your sermon on sex before marriage really enlightened me regarding today’s relationship failures. I have been divorced for several years and been with the same guy off and on who will not commit to me. I have been through a lot in these past years and had a ground-breaking moment just over a month ago. I…
Read MoreI got drunk, visited a prostitute and really messed up my life. What do I do?
Question: I am a 26-year-old male and a Roman Catholic. Last month I was celebrating my birthday and I had planned a simple day for myself with my roommates: have a few drinks and dinner. I prayed for this to be my year with the help of God, and I went to the chapel to…
Read MoreCan two homosexuals truly love each other?
Question: I was wondering, can you explain loving someone as in I Corinthians 13? My friend I disagree regarding whether homosexuals love each other because the basis of their relationship is sin; there is nothing good about it. They might be nice to each other, get each other things, and be self-sacrificing in certain areas…
Read MoreThe Children of One’s Youth
by Bryan Matthew Dockens The name Jamie Lynn Spears was unknown to me until the sixteen-year-old actress and younger sister of Britney Spears recently announced that she is expecting a child. This news has predictably brought increased attention to the issue of teen pregnancy. Allow me to submit for your consideration, however, that the problem,…
Read MoreMy boyfriend said he won’t have sex with me before marriage, but then he gave me a handjob. What should I do?
Question: I am 23 years old and have been dating a 31-year-old guy for four months now. At first, there was no problem, but after a few days, he started showing a desire to have sex. Honestly, this is my first boyfriend in my life and I didn’t know anything about real dating. I am…
Read MoreIs it realistic to pray that the man I want to be the father of my child had actually gotten me pregnant?
Question: My boyfriend and I have been on and off. We both were having sex with other people, but we decided to stop and be together. We asked God to forgive us and we moved on. A few days before we got back together I had sex with someone else and I got pregnant. I…
Read MoreSince I had sex with my girlfriend, does this mean I am married to her?
Question: Hello brother. Thank you for the good web site and for the questions and answers that you have posted. I have a question and a problem that I want you to help me to solve. I have been dating a girl for three years. She has been really close to me and I love…
Read MoreEven though we sinned, could this be the woman God wants me to marry?
Question: Hi! I was led to your site from confusion about the laws of lust. My girlfriend and I were confused about whether or not it’s still lust if we have those feelings and urges for each other and only each other. From the similar questions I’ve read, and the answers you provided, I’ve gotten…
Read MoreWe’ve been living together for five years and don’t need a paper to prove our love, but I want to make it right with God. What should I do?
Question: My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 7 years. We have lived together for 5. We are not ready for marriage. He and I think we don’t need a piece of paper to prove our love, but I want to make it right with God. Is there a prayer that a pastor…
Read MoreIs it wrong for a lonely single man to use the services of a prostitute?
Question: I am 29 years old, single, no kids, and most of the time lonely. I live in an environment surrounded by peer pressure. This is not a perfect world. Even media and entertainment promotes sex. The people around me talk about sex often. When I’m lonely, and my budget allows, I have sex with…
Read MoreShouldn’t you balance your rebukes regarding fornication with love?
Question: I was just reading one of your answers to a question relating to a couple who were attempting intercourse. While the Bible is very clear about what is moral and right concerning intercourse, I found the response lacking some balance in support and love. The word of God is a two-edged sword so is…
Read MoreIs Matthew 5:28 only limited to lusting after a married woman?
Question: Does Matthew 5:27-28 about lust apply to both married and single men? I’ve been curious about this and want to gain a correct understanding of the passage. In the context of that passage is Jesus talking to Jewish men who were married? If so, does that mean the passage only applies to married people…
Read MoreCould all the bad things happening to me just be bad karma?
Question: I have a question about my relationship. I have three children out of wedlock by two different men. I am currently with my youngest two’s father for the last seven years. My question is: I have always heard of karma. My children’s father and I got together seven years ago while he was in…
Read MoreWe have strong feelings for each other, but how do we know if we are made for each other?
Question: My problem is that I love a person, well, we both love each other, but he is a year younger than me; I’m 20 and he is 19. We indulged in sexual touching, but soon we realized that we were sinning. We do not do it anymore. We seriously are repentant about our past…
Read MoreI married a woman in name only so she could become a citizen of my country. I have a girlfriend and a child by her. How do I fix this mess?
Question: I have a question. I married someone so that they might become a citizen of my country. I did not do this for money, but because I felt it the right thing to do at the time, although I was aware I might be misusing marriage as God intended. We have never been intimately…
Read MoreIs it wrong that my boyfriend and I satisfy each other through touching?
Question: Help, please. I am an adult female in her early thirty’s. I am also a virgin by choice. I am in a committed relationship with my boyfriend and I love him. He is a good, honorable man who is not a virgin and has changed his way of life and tries to live right.…
Read MoreI feel so guilty about my past sins. I just can’t get them off my mind. Why do I still not feel forgiven? Is forgiveness all about feelings?
Question: Years before my girlfriend, who is my wife right now, and I had committed fornication and I got her an abortion. I was so sorry, even now, and regretful I allowed these things to happen, but it happened. Prior to our planned marriage, I converted and become a Christian. I repented of my sins…
Read MoreAm I doomed to hell? Is it a sin to be gay?
Question: I am 20 years old. I am have been a sinner most of my life. I want to change my evil ways. Sometimes I feel my soul is doomed to hell to burn with Satan. I pray sometimes, but I still feel lost. I have one? I am bisexual. Is it a sin to…
Read MoreAm I restricted to only marrying the boy I first had sex with?
Question: I was really having trouble ever since I had sex before marriage. I asked for forgiveness and I was terrified that I would not be forgiven, but tonight I went to church. I’m so happy to have learned and re-learned all of the things I have and I want to do right. I told…
Read MoreI got a massage and received a happy ending. How do I get rid of this guilt that I feel?
Question: I just rededicated my life to God last week. One day, I was getting a massage and received a happy ending. I feel extremely guilty about it, but my mind still wanders off on it every once in a while. I am about to go to Afghanistan. What are the steps for me to…
Read MoreOur preacher wants us to separate before marrying us. How will this make any difference?
Question: Today I went to meet with my preacher to talk about him marrying my fiance and me. After talking he said that he would do it as long as, starting today, we couldn’t sleep in the same house together. The wedding is scheduled for about three weeks away. I currently work two jobs and…
Read MoreWho do you think you are telling someone the proper order for finding a spouse?
Question: Are you for real? Do things in the proper order: find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, fall in love, get married, and then enjoy sex without the constant worries and sinfulness of uncommitted sex. Who do you think you are to tell someone what the proper order is? For the…
Read MoreSince I’ve had sex before, so that means I joined with those prior girls and I can’t marry?
Question: I was checking out your web site, and La Vista Church of Christ seems like a legitimate, non-liberal church of Christ. I am a 20-year-old Christian. I know it may seem strange to get an email from a random individual, but I had a question regarding pre-marital sex that I guess I’m embarrassed to…
Read MoreA prophet told my fiance not to marry me. What do I do?
Question: Sir, I am a Christian and I am passing through hell. I had a fiancee whom I’m planning to marry, but recently her prophet called her to tell her to quit the seven-year relationship. He said the marriage is not safe because I’m going to die very soon as a result of a covenant…
Read MoreMy girlfriend and I will get married, but we can’t afford it right now
Question: My girlfriend and I have been together for 3 1/2 years. We’re both into our church, and we have grown up with religion as a big part of it. We aren’t married, mostly because we don’t have the money to get married, but we are truly in love with each other. Also, we have…
Read MoreI’ve committed sexual sins, but how do I get past the feeling that I’ve ruined everything?
Question: Hello, I ran across your web site some time ago and liked your responses to many questions – you tell it like it is. So now I have run across one of those same situations and I’m probably going to sound exactly like a lot of those other people. I guess sooner or later…
Read MoreI just can’t seem to forgive myself and I don’t know what to do
Question: I am 22 years old and have been raised in the church. I have been struggling with forgiving myself. I have committed fornication. I’ve repented but I just cannot seem to forgive myself. I knew that I was disobeying God and I knew that my body was a temple and still I fell into…
Read MoreMy girlfriend isn’t a Christian and I don’t know what to do
Question: I have been dating my girlfriend for almost two months. We have now run into some problems with each other. I will admit that she is not a Christian. I wanted to try and bring her to Christ. Her parents are divorced and her mom has a man living with her. My girlfriend calls…
Read MoreIs Jeremiah 16:2 telling me not to marry the woman I love?
Question: I am a believer in Nigeria. I have this question, I want you to seek the face of God and give me the interpretation. I have a lady friend, whom I truly love and she loves me. She is my neighbor. We have known each other for two years now, but we became friends…
Read MoreIs phone sex grounds for a divorce?
Question: I have recently divorced my husband for sexual immorality and abuse. He watched pornography, read Playboy magazines, is a nudist around other nude men and women, and also paid several times to have phone sex with real women. These actions have been going on for about ten years or more. I consider these actions to be grounds…
Read MoreI don’t think the Lord cares very much that I sleep with my boyfriend
Question: I am a born again Christian and I sleep with my boyfriend. Do not think the Lord cares very much about this as we are deeply in love so it can never be wrong to make love. Jesus had very very little to say about sex but far more about being rich. To me,…
Read MoreFlee Fornication
by Bob West Everyone can see that as the standards of morality decline in society, this has an impact on those who are children of God. That the practice of fornication has increased among young people in recent years, is a fact that few would deny. There are no “magical formulas” for parents and young…
Read MoreDon’t you realize that there would be no children if people didn’t fornicate?
Question: I believe your site is awful because when a young girl asks an honest worried opinion about sex or fornication or whatever you continue to say how disappointed you are in them. We all realize that having sex is a sin, but do you realize that there would be no children if people didn’t…
Read MoreMarriage’s Glue
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Glue is amazing stuff. You can take something that is broken or doesn’t hold tightly together and spread some of this liquid in the cracks. Sometime later the glue dries and what was broken is now held together, often more strongly than it was held before. So if glue is so…
Read MoreIf two people commit fornication, should they be forced to marry?
Question: I was wondering if we today should apply this law in the Old Testament. “And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to…
Read MoreIf you take off a condom and put a new one on what are the chances that she will get pregnant?
Question: If you take off a condom and put a new one on what are the chances that she will get pregnant? Thanks. Answer: I must assume that since you are concerned about pregnancy that you are engaging in sex with a woman to whom you are not married. Regardless of the odds of pregnancy…
Read MoreCan a Christian be involved in distributing contraceptives if it will reduce the number of abortions?
Question: I am a hardcore Christian and live my life for God. I try to do the right thing even if that means suffering for it. I ended up getting a job where I am the “Health and Wellness Coordinator” at a college. I felt at peace and that God provided it for. It has…
Read MoreA Biblical View of Marriage and Homosexuality
by Doy Moyer Christians should be able to define clearly what the Bible teaches are marriage and sexuality, particularly in a cultural climate that increasingly defends homosexuality. This is really about what the Bible teaches, so let’s walk through this a little. Before looking at the biblical case, we need to consider a foundational disjunction.…
Read MoreMy boyfriend doesn’t want to get married yet because he’ll be dropped from his dad’s insurance. What should I do?
Question: Ok, my fiance and I have been living together for almost six months now. We are not married. For a while I let myself get away from God and I didn’t care if we were living together unmarried. I’m trying to get closer to God and receive forgiveness for my sins. I know the…
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