The Story of Love
http://mp3.sa-media.com/filearea/412151619268/412151619268.mp3 This is a sermon on Revelation 19:1-10. Download sermon outline/commentary and audio. All heaven praises the Lord for his righteous...
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View ArticleTrue Love is God’s Love
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate (Mark 10:9) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have...
View ArticleThe Institution of Marriage
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While Genesis 24 is a beautiful wedding story, I don’t know of any pastor who uses it for the wedding homily because its backstory is too long and complicated. But make no mistake, the pattern of Isaac...
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We live in a time and place that is increasingly difficult for men and women to marry well. I don’t mean marriages are in crisis, but that the prospect of marriage is in crisis. For previous...
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For a church with so many widows and widowers, it could be delicate to explore the Bible’s teaching on the Christian’s relationship to Christ through the lens of marriage. Yet despite the sorrow of...
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