What kind of person should I marry? Love is most often what leads people to agree to marry but it is marriage that sustains the relationship when love ebbs and flows.”  Love can initiate marriage, but it is marriage that keeps love alive. The life-long commitment of marriage is only possible if two people make […]

117 billion people have ever lived on planet earth from the beginning of time to the present. From the Population Reference Bureau and the World Economic Forum: “Calculating the number of people who have ever lived is part science and part art. No demographic data exist for more than 99% of the span of human

Degradation of Sex and Marriage in America   God’s design for marriage is set forth in scripture as one man and one woman in a covenant of marriage until death parts them. The purposes are mutual benefit, enjoyment, and the procreation of children. Until about 70 years ago, the above definition of marriage in Western

Unrestrained individual autonomy is the scourge of the family and the nation! “Men and women do NOT marry, bring children into the world, and endure the many years of hardship and sacrifice involved in remaining married and bringing their children to maturity merely because of an assessment that doing so will contribute to their personal

Lotteries, Sports betting, Office pools, Casino, Bingo, etc.WHY CHRIST-FOLLOWERS DON’T GAMBLE!By Dr. Jerry Nelson 1. Gambling violates biblical morality; it is motivated by greed, which the Bible consistently condemns.2. Gambling violates biblical justice; the only way for you to win is for someone else to lose. Gambling is at its worst not when you lose but

CREMATING or EMBALMING THE HUMAN BODY A Christian Perspective and Alternative Dr. Jerry Nelson www.Soundliving.org   When my mother-in-law died at age 50, it was assumed by most of the family that her body would be embalmed in preparation for the funeral and burial. If her death occurred today, my guess is that the family

CREMATING or EMBALMING THE HUMAN BODY A Christian Perspective and Alternative Dr. Jerry Nelson www.Soundliving.org   When my mother-in-law died at age 50, it was assumed by most of the family that her body would be embalmed in preparation for the funeral and burial. If her death occurred today, my guess is that the family

How do I Pray for my Unconverted Loved One or Friend? In Romans 10:1 Paul wrote, “Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them (his fellow Jews) is that they may be saved.” We are told to pray for those things which are God’s will. John 14:13 “And I will do whatever you

 . Nancy Pearcy and Anthony Esolen have recently written excellent books countering t he cultural attack on men and masculinity. This four-page summary of those books is very worth reading. Notes on Books by Gerard ReedFebruary 2024 Number Three Hundred Seventy-four***********************************************************************THE WAR ON MASCULINITYHimself childless, C.S. Lewis still wrote: “Children are not a distraction from more

I Got it Wrong – Reflections on 50 years in Ministry Part 3 Jerry Nelson In parts 1 and 2 of this series I wrote of other ways I got it “right” or “wrong.” See www.soundliving.org “Bigger is Better?” I was reared in post-WWII middle-America when everything was booming. Everything was bigger and better. In