We are most prepared for the battle when we're aware of our weakness and our need for God's strength.

Message from Various Speakers on September 5, 2021

Forgiveness

Parenting is hard because we and our kids have illegitimate goals. As a result, we're controlling, permissive, or passive. So the Bible should be our guide as we establish healthy authority in our homes. Let's parent our kids like God parents us.

God created us male and female. Race, color, nationality, sexual orientation, height, shape, and language are temporary. Our biological sex is part of our identity and living into our identity honors God.

God commands us to honor our parents. When we're under their authority, we obey them unless what they tell us to do clearly and directly violates God's rules. When we're no longer under their authority (i.e., neither emotionally nor financially...

Everyone's called to celibacy--at least for a season. For some, it's a long-term calling to free up our lives for whatever God calls us into. God invites the single person to channel their sexual desires in a healthy way that builds up others.

God hates divorce because it denies the sanctity of marriage (Mal 2:16, Mat 19:4-8). He allows us to divorce (but doesn't require it), however, only when our spouse breaks the marriage covenant (Mark 10:11-12, Mat 5:32, Mat 19:9). God permits...

We love our spouses by seeking their best. We seek their best when we fully offer ourselves to them.

God's purpose for marriage is to bring us into a richer friendship with him as we point one another to God. God uses marriage to refine our character by challenging our selfish spirit. A healthy marriage is a salt block that makes us more thirsty...