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Rear Up a Child (Whoop His Butt!!)

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  The Goal of Marriage An equal partnership in marriage works if your only goals are a happy union, peace, met needs, and companionship.  If marriage has no higher purpose or mission beyond a sense of community, it can still work fairly well. Most would identify a peaceful marriage where all their needs are met, or where an effort is made to meet them, as a strong and happy marriage.  People can have a marriage like this that lasts for 70 years, and it’s viewed as a success, but what defines success? Is the goal of marriage simply to be happy and get along with each other? Most people, especially Christians, would say that it absolutely is the goal of marriage to be happy, get their needs met, and all that jazz. In fact, most of the marriages in the various Churches I have associated with have exactly that goal.  A strong marriage means you’re connecting better, getting along better, and both parties are constantly yielding to each other with no one really in charge....
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The Line of Joseph

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There are few biblical characters more ignored than Joseph, the father of Jesus. He is generally viewed as an aside, simply the somewhat unnecessary husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and after all, Jesus could have been born and raised without Joseph around at all. Mary was genuinely the first and only woman to exist who seemingly really didn’t need no man.  However, Joseph is far more than just an aside; in fact, he is as important to the birth of Jesus as Mary herself. Of course, the role of a father in a child’s life is irreplaceable, but more than that, with Joseph, his bloodline was irreplaceable, and I believe he was especially selected by God for the lineage of Jesus the Anointed.  You see, Scripture never traces a lineage through a woman, and you won't find any place where it explicitly identifies Mary’s lineage. Was she of the House of David? We aren’t told explicitly, but her cousin Elizabeth is said to be of the daughters of Aaron (Luke 1:5).  That’s the on...
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