Grace mediated through OTHERS I am on a two-day break with my wife. I was thinking about the joys of thirty-six years of marriage and realised afresh that the greatest blessing to me has been that Nelun has been the principal human medium for receiving God’s grace in my life. This set me …
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 …
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 …