marriage

"I, Benjamin take thee Annie, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in…

     Mike and Connie, the text I have chosen for your wedding is from the story of another wedding, the story of Isaac and Rebekah in Genesis 24.  Isaac’s…

By Garrett Kell, posted February 27, 2015 at: www.garrettkell.com/till-death-part-keeping-vow-till-end/ --------------------------------- A member of our church named Julie recently shared the story of her Grandparent’s love:      My Grandparents truly had…

American Gothic, Grant Wood, 1930 --------------------------------- By Mark Regnerus in the December 4, 2014 issue of First Things.  Regnerus is associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.…

By Rev. William Willimon in Pastor, pages 257-260, Abingdon Press, 2002 (adapted).      (...continued)  When Jesus wanted to change the world, he summoned a rather ordinary group of inexperienced,…

By Randy Alcorn; February 1, 2016 blog at: http://www.epm.org/      (...continued)  Many years ago my wife and I were in a home Bible study in our church.  The group had…

By Randy Alcorn; February 1, 2016 blog at: http://www.epm.org/      The most commonly quoted (and often misunderstood) verse in churches is no longer John 3:16 but Matthew 7:1, “Judge not.”  Ironically, people…

"The Slow Fires of Misery:  Enduring the Pain of a Flawed Marriage" By John Piper, A Godward Life, pages 33-35, Multnomah, 1997.  Quotes are from "The Struggle for Lincoln's Soul,"…

By Ed Stezter, in a August 25, 2015 Blog, "Life is Eternal; Don't Have an Affair" at: www.Christianitytoday.com ----------------------------------- This week, we’ve found that it’s not as simple as the…

C. S. Lewis and his wife Joy, approx. 1958 --------------------      If the old fairy-tale ending ‘They lived happily ever after’ is taken to mean ‘They felt for the…