Ephesians 5:26-27: Glorify Your Wives
When Lynn and I got married we asked for a full sermon to be preached. Our pastor at the time, Leigh Robinson preached a four point sermon on the purpose of marriage. Marriage is for partnership, marriage is for procreation, marriage is for pleasure, and marriage is for perfection. One of the main goals of marriage is holiness. This is a distinct perspective that Christianity brings to the issue of marriage. For many marriage is about not burning, or not being lonely, or having kids, these are true but a major part of marriage is God’s purpose to make...
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1 Kings 6:14-18: God of beauty
Introduction: Phillip Ryken in his commentary on this portion points out that you can know a person by going through their house. You can tell if they are rich, attracted to art, conservative, etc. God’s house, the temple, tells us about God. We have been looking at the interior parts of the temple, and now it is time to turn our attention to the interior. The interior aspects of the temple will direct our attention to three things about God, He is a God beauty, glory and holiness. Today we want to explore how God is a God of...
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