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Many will say Jacob (among others) was in adultery for having more than one wife; Leah first, then Rachel, then the two maids. However, in Matthew 8:11 Jesus said Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be in the kingdom of heaven. Paul wrote in 1...

I'll begin... I heard a guy say David was in adultery for having more than one wife. The guy had just pointed out David's sin of adultery with Bathsheba, and quite correctly shown this was the sin of adultery because she was the wife of Uriah. He...

There is a lot to consider with this subject, and much of it is hard to even imagine....when the hypothetical "other wife" is a faceless specter of unknown temperment! May I suggest she read the blog of a member here who shared her struggles...

Yes, Sister, it is true. It is also the case that the cages they hung the polygynous Anabaptists of Münster in are still there today. It is a grievous thing that those who have been washed in the blood of the Lamb and are mystically joined...

And these sentiment by Virginia Baptists like George Mason and others is what contributed to Jefferson including the Bill of Rights in the Constitution and promoting, in his writings, the concept of separation of church and state. Baptists...

P.S. While for some advocates of Baptist Successionism is undoubtedly a matter of pride, as it is said that pride is the first thing to enter into a man and the last thing to leave, for others it is a matter of necessity. If, in fact: 1. The...

Howdy, and happy to explain, but it would be difficult to improve upon Mr. Spurgeon’s succinct assessment. "We believe that the Baptists are the original Christians. We did not commence our existence at the Reformation, we were Reformers before...

I’ll let @Kojent explain his side but I’ll explain how I’ve heard it explained as I grew up. Various Baptist and other nonaligned groups believe that they’re church/movement was always outside the institutional/state church structure...

You’ll find many types here.

Hi and welcome to Biblical Families. Thank you for the intro, and I pray you and your wife will grow together in the truth of God's Word. Understanding marriage as God sets it out in His Word takes a bit of (un)doing because we've been so deeply...

Welcome, there is plenty of information buried in this site for y’all to study and discuss. You are on the path of truth.

Grace and peace, beloved of God. I have been a bit of a lurker here on BibFam off and on for about a year while my lovely wife and I navigate the prospect of polygyny with prayer and patience, following a providential answer to prayer late last...

@The Revolting Man is it possible to move the non random comments over to another thread, or maybe even just remove them altogether?

Reading the men's comments on this thread, after people just discussed women being "too emotional" to vote 🤣

Gavin Ortlund has some great videos including one where he goes into detail on Peter Waldo and the Waldensians.