ON VIRGINITY Ajith Fernando I am presently in the USA, on a three-month sabbatical, working on a preaching commentary on Deuteronomy, and a shorter entry on Deuteronomy for a one-volume Bible commentary. These days I am working through the detailed law sections. I expected to breeze through this at some speed as I …
On the Homosexual Issue To Gary Yeoh, Klang/Port Klang Pastors Fellowship. Thanks Gary. Just working on a document from the Colombo Theological Seminary on the LGBT issue. I believe there is no compromise on any kind of sexual relations outside marriage. Hetero or homo-sexual. But as we welcome to our churches …
Revised May 2013 WHY GO THROUGH A WEDDING SERVICE? A Response to a Question Asked Via E-mail Ajith Fernando Question: I have a question. I have just been thinking about it. Now since my fiancé and I have already made a commitment to each other before God, to devote ourselves to each …
Written in 2008 WHAT IF THEY LEGALISE ABORTION AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE? Ajith Fernando Abortion is illegal in Sri Lanka even though there are hundreds of abortions taking place every day. Homosexual marriage seems to be a distant possibility though it is gaining acceptance in the West. Yet we know that homosexual practice …
Written in March 2005 LEAVE AND HOLD FAST Genesis 2:24 Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” This is a very important verse. So it is quoted by Jesus and Paul LEAVE …
May 2005 BRINGING BACK SEXUAL LOVE TO OUR MARRIAGES “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Gen. 2:24). This statement with which God instituted marriage obviously is a key to the Christian understanding of marriage. It is …
June 1996 MARRY THE CHILD OF A PROSTITUTE? by Ajith Fernando National Director, Youth for Christ/ Sri Lanka Few doctrines in the Bible have challenged me more in recent years as the doctrine that Christ’s work breaks human barriers in the body of Christ. I have been surprised lately at how often …
OVERCOMING SIN, ESPECIALLY LUST This is an ongoing battle in which even a little compromise, which enables Satan to get a foothold (Eph. 4:21), is a huge setback. Let me mention some things that have helped me in my battle which is still ongoing. 1. The clear teaching of the Bible …
Written in January 2004 SEXUAL UNDERSTANDING BEFORE MARRIAGE It is customary for couples who are planning on marriage to get physical in their mays of showing affection. We know that this can lead to a slippery slope of unnecessarily sexual involvement before marriage. Therefore it is very necessary for couples to develop …
May 2009 Note: Ajith is on leave writing a preaching commentary of Deuteronomy. This is an excerpt from that. tHE sERIOUSNESS OF MAKING ACCUSATIONS AND BREAKING Covenant Commitments An Exposition of Deuteronomy 22:19 Ajith Fernando Deuteronomy 22:13-21 describes how the people must react if a man who does not like …