5. Family and Marriage

Principles of a Happy Marriage – Study 3: The Gender Issue

Thank you for the comments received on my last article regarding gender. I apologise for not explaining. You see, I’m a man. All my experiences have been from that perspective. When I teach, I like to teach from personal experience, and though I can tell you what the Bible says about the woman’s roll in […]

Beginsels van ‘n Gelukkige Huwelik – Studie 2: Genade

Ek het nie beplan om ‘n reeks oor die huwelik te skryf nie, maar toe ek begin, het ek skielik besef dat dit die regte ding sou wees vir my om my sukses verhaal tot u seën te deel. Daar is gans teveel tragiese verhale daar buite. Soveel so dat daar sekerlik menige mense is […]

Principles of a Happy Marriage – Study 2: Grace and Mercy

I had not expected to write a series on marriage, but as I started, I suddenly realised that it would only be right for me to share a success story for your blessing. There are far too many tragic stories out there. So much so, that many people, I’m sure, are thinking that it is […]

Principles of a Happy Marriage – Study 1

Mandy and I were married on the 5th of June 1976. It was during the time of the war in Rhodesia, and for the first six months of our marriage, I was in the army (compulsory call up) for six weeks at a time, with ten days’ break in between. Not a great start, but […]

Beginsels van ‘n Gelukkige Huwelik – Studie 1

Ek en Mandy is op 5 Junie 1976 getroud. Dit was gedurende die oorlog in Rhodesië, en ek was vir die eerste ses maande van ons huwelik in die weermag (diensplig) vir ses weke op ‘n slag met tien dae tussen in af. Dit was nie ‘n goeie begin nie, maar ons was verlief en […]