Radiant Church Weekend Sermon

Have you ever wanted to ask a pastor a really awkward, taboo, or complicated question? Red Hot is a live Q&A series that revolves around some of the hottest topics in our culture. This year’s focus is relationships. In week 2 of RED HOT, Pastor Lee and Jane Cummings answer your live questions about marriage and parenting.

Questions from this message:

When is it okay to start talking to your kids about sex?

How do you teach your children to be kind and help those around them, without putting themselves in danger? How do you distinguish between polite pleasantries with the stranger in line behind you at checkout, and “stranger danger”?

What are the rules on a threesome if the husband and wife say it’s okay?

As a parent, how would you deal with a child who wants to change their gender at a younger age because that’s who they think they are?

Last week you said physical abuse is biblical grounds for divorce. What about verbal/mental/emotional abuse?

My wife is jealous of an innocent work relationship I have with another female. How do I honor her without assenting to her fear?

Can you give an example where Jesus was all loving and all forgiving but had “healthy boundaries? How do we strive for this balance in the adult child/parent relationship?

Have you ever wanted to ask a pastor a really awkward, taboo, or complicated question? Red Hot is a live Q&A series that revolves around some of the hottest topics in our culture. This year’s focus is relationships. In week 2 of RED HOT, Pastor Lee and Jane Cummings answer your live questions about marriage and parenting.

Questions from this message:

Can you explain wives submitting to their husbands, and husbands being the head of the wife looks like in God’s call for the family (Ephesians 5:21-33 & Colossians 3:18-19). How does it look for a wife to submit to her husband, and for both to submit to one another?

Where does Radiant Church stand on birth control?

What happens as a married couple when you get to heaven? Where in the Bible does it talk about this?

Is it okay to masturbate to pics or videos of your own wife when she isn’t in the mood to be intimate?

How do I raise my child as a Christian without force feeding Christianity on them?

As someone who is getting married soon and thinking about having a family - it is getting increasingly harder to think about bringing children into the world with the state things are in today. What does God say about this?

What would you say to a couple that is going through infertility? It is the hardest thing we have had to go through in our lives thus far. I am at the point where I am trying to understand why this is happening to me. How can I find meaning in this dark time?

Have you ever wanted to ask a pastor a really awkward, taboo, or complicated question? Red Hot is a live Q&A series that revolves around some of the hottest topics in our culture. This year’s focus is relationships. In week 2 of RED HOT, Pastor Lee and Jane Cummings answer your live questions about marriage and parenting.

Questions from this message:

If you are married and you are further along spiritually than your husband, how do you let him be the “head of the household”/spiritual leader?

Which comes first if you are a spouse and a parent: parenting or the marriage?

The Bible says to “be fruitful and multiply.” I’m a married woman and I love children, but I don’t feel the call on my life to have children. Am I disobeying what God has called us to do?

Jane, what advice do you have for those of us in the trenches of motherhood with littles. How did you grow your relationship with the Lord when your children were little and everything was so busy and chaotic?

With such easy access to media/cell phones/internet, and the way our culture has become over sensualized, how do I protect my children from being exposed to pornography?

Is it okay to read trashy novels or watch movies to enhance your marital sex life?

Is it okay to get divorced if your spouse identifies as LGBT after marriage?

Why was polygamy and multiple concubines allowed in the Old Testament, and yet God says marriage is between one man and one woman? Why and when did this design seem to change?

Have you ever wanted to ask a pastor a really awkward, taboo, or complicated question? Red Hot is a live Q&A series that revolves around some of the hottest topics in our culture. This year’s focus is relationships. In week 1 of RED HOT, Lee Cummings answers your live questions about singleness, dating, and sex.

Questions from this message:

Is it wrong to have a sexual kink?

Does dating always need to be for courting or is it useful to help learn whom and what you want in a partner? Can dating with romance just be for fun?

Why is it okay for people who’ve divorced, gotten abortions, or are living in sexual sin to be in leadership positions, but not LGBTQIA believers?

With our over-sexualized media, how do we know what is appropriate and what is not when watching tv and movies?

In a dating relationship, do you lose your virginity with oral/anal sex?

How do we handle the guilt of lustful dreams when it is something we can’t control?

Your family believes God says the person you’re dating is not the one, but you feel God is telling you different. What do you do?

I’ve had sex in the past, (and have committed to purity since then), and now am in a committed relationship where we have clear boundaries. Sometimes I feel shameful when I desire for more with my significant other even though I’m not acting on it. How do I heal from this shame?

Have you ever wanted to ask a pastor a really awkward, taboo, or complicated question? Red Hot is a live Q&A series that revolves around some of the hottest topics in our culture. This year’s focus is relationships. In week 1 of RED HOT, Lee Cummings answers your live questions about singleness, dating, and sex.

Questions from this message:

Is sex itself a sin in a dating relationship or are other sexual acts also a sin?

Hebrews 4:15 says Jesus was tempted in every way. Did Jesus struggle with same sex attraction?

If you have a child with a person but are not married and now no longer can get along - do you have to stay because of the child?

Is it wrong to date someone who is actively working on overcoming sexual sin (masturbation, porn, etc)?

How can I find joy in singleness?

What are your thoughts on Luke 16:18? Is it sinful on all accounts to marry someone who was divorced with the exception of adultery?

I have done things in my past that I am not proud of while single. I want to get married. How do I move forward as a christian when all I feel is shame?

Have you ever wanted to ask a pastor a really awkward, taboo, or complicated question? Red Hot is a live Q&A series that revolves around some of the hottest topics in our culture. This year’s focus is relationships. In week 1 of RED HOT, Lee Cummings answers your live questions about singleness, dating, and sex.

Questions from this message:

Is it wrong to use dating apps to try and find a partner or should I be pursuing church functions (small groups, sunday mornings, etc) to find a christian spouse?

How do you stay content being single when that is a desire of your heart and many people in your immediate friend group are in a relationship?

Does God plan who you will marry? Is there such thing as “the one”?

Is masturbation still sin if you’re single and not viewing pornography?

Is it okay to live with my boyfriend if we know we are getting married soon?

Is every person destined to be in a relationship or are some people destined to be single?

What does it look like to be a “spiritual leader” in a dating relationship?

How do I move forward trying to not have sex if I have in past relationships?

The message often heard in the church is “Don’t touch. Side hugs. Leave room for the Holy Spirit.” How can the church meet the need of appropriate touch?

Exploits of Faith is a sermon from guest speaker Pastor Mike Popenhagen from Radiant Church Jackson. Pastor Mike breaks down the three truth's about faith while encouraging us to surrender to the Lord and see the potential in the little things.

Focus Scripture // Matthew 17:19-20 (ESV)

"Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" 20 He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

Sermon Highlights

Our dreams get hijacked. We were created for significance.

Faith sees potential in small things.

What is it that you may see as insignificant, but God sees as full of potential?

Don't despise the small things in your life.

Faith believes the impossible is possible.

Faith produces unintended outcomes.

If you can believe that God will do the impossible, He'll do it.

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