‘“While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher any more?”’ (Mark 5:35 NIV)
This passage captures one of the most heartbreaking interruptions in Scripture. Jairus, a synagogue leader, had pleaded with Jesus to heal his dying daughter.…
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in numbers; fill the earth and subdue it.” (Genesis 1:27-28a NIV).
The family, as the oldest institution in the world, was established…