First Post of 2015 The Good: I’m still alive. The Bad: There is less sand in the hourglass of life. The Good: I’m still married to Stephnie The Bad: She’s still stuck with me. The Good: I started the year with a workout on the treadmill … More 10 Thoughts on the Good and the Bad at the Start of 2015
Tuesday is for Preaching Relevant Magazine, “State of the Union,” July/August 2014, p. 67. (An article on marriage in America) “Marriage and Millennials: 26% are currently married. 69% of those who aren’t married want to get married. 62% were raised by both parents.” Why this is alarming: The 69% figure is strikingly low. In the … More Latest Signs of a Dying Culture
Wednesday is for Prayer The following is from Kairos Journal. It is an excerpt from a sermon preached in England in the year 2000. It sounds almost quaint in the context of the revolution that has taken place on these issues over the last decade. That in itself is a reminder of how radical and … More Marriage is a Gift from God; Same-sex Marriage Dishonors that Gift
Thursday is for Thinking Our’s is a biased age. Every age is. But our biases are killing us. We are prejudiced about books written before last year. We are prejudiced by our passions, our experiences, our likes, our dislikes, our friends opinions, the politically correct climate, the desire to be liked, the desire to fit … More “I Don’t Love Her Anymore, So I’m Going to Divorce Her”
Weekend Links Enjoy. Better Thinking about Ministry Four Early Church Writings Every Christian Should Read (I would add another, Cur Deus Homo [Why the God Man?] but these are earlier even than that great work by Anslem.) 13 Things that Mentally Strong People Avoid (Good leadership lessons for the challenges of life and ministry) 24 … More Downton Abbey; John Piper and Marijuana; Worship Ministry; A Broken Ocean; Fraud and Obamacare and much more.
Pain in life is inevitable. Relational pain is inevitable. Sin stinks and its effects devastate. To deny that life is hard, that happiness is sometimes a struggle, that joy is a battle, is to forget that we live this side of heaven. And yet, as I preached last week in the final message from the … More What if my spouse leaves me?
Monday is for Discussion Something to inform the same-sex marriage debate: “Jesus Christ, the most fully human person who ever lived, was not married.” —John Piper, in Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, xvii. Think about that. If marriage is not necessary to be fully human, then marriage is not necessary for those with opposite or … More “Jesus Christ, the most fully human person who ever lived, was not married.’
Weekend Links Meanwhile the people of God are called to love everyone and proclaim the gospel. We must show compassion to all, love to all, generosity to all while at the same time proclaiming the holiness of God and the gospel of repentance and belief in Christ. Only time will tell if this produces the … More Teaching Children about Same Sex Marriage; Church of Fitness; Supreme Court Insanity and much more
Thursday is for Discipleship Longer post than I usually put up but the subject matter is important and difficult for many in our culture to grasp. Christopher Ash does a good job of making the case for the wrongness of living together apart from a marriage commitment. This is excerpted from Kairos Journal with minor … More What’s Wrong with Living Together Unmarried?
Wednesday is for Prayer This coming Saturday, I will be teaching a seminar titled Marriage Skills for the 21st Century, at Trinity Church in Watseka, IL. Last I heard there were 86 people registered but there is still room for more. You can get more information at MyTrinity.TV. I feel completely overwhelmed to speak to the greatness … More The Insanity of the Christian Vision of Marriage
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