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On Sunday night, we came to the end of our journey through the Old Testament’s Song of Songs. Well, because of the repetitive nature of the Song, we actually finished dealing with the text the week before State Youth Games, but there were a number of questions that had been raised during the last few […]

Three times in the Song of Songs, the woman declares to her hearers, “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.” She recognises that love in all its fullness is an amazingly powerful thing, but used outside of the confines for which it was intended by God it can become damaging and destructive.
So […]

So far, we’ve looked at how Song of Songs defines love, we’ve talked about the guys experience of love and the same for the girls. This week, we looked at how couples experience love and how the reality matches (or differs from) what is portrayed in the Old Testament love poem.
Our passage was Song of […]

On Sunday night, we continued looking at Song of Songs in the Old Testament, this time looking at love from the girl’s perspective. I was joined by the expert on all thing girlie - Kaye Sherriff from the Deeper department of the Baptist Union of Victoria. (She’ll love it that I said that….)
Our passage was […]

Continuing our exploration of Song of Songs, last Sunday night we looked at what it means for a guy to express and experience love.
The passage we looked at was Song of Songs chapter 4 - the first of the extended love poems written from a male perspective. To describe the beauty of his wife, the man […]

On Sunday night, we took a deep breath and headed to a place where few seem to have travelled before - Song of Songs in the Old Testament. It only takes a brief glance to realise why. It’s a bit saucy in a few places and much of what is said would usually be confined […]