Marriage and the Family Part 1 – Episode #16
In This Episode...
01:10 – Segment 1
The family structure is under attack today.
The divorce rate in the church is just as high in the church as society
This is professed believers
Marriage – who should be at the center of it? It should be Jesus.
God defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
James references the statement of faith from our church and how we had to change it to respond to the cultural shift in definitions.
Bill Nye the Science Guy buys into the new paradigm of definitions of gender
The culture has changed its views on things so very quickly.
Problems in marriage tend to arise from putting ourselves at the center of the marriage and not God.
15:09 – Segment 2
John agrees with James!
They begin the discussion of the role of husbands in the family.
Ephesians 5 is discussed.
The definition of marriage is connected to the gospel and the picture of Christ and the church.
Husbands are discussed in the context of the Garden of Eden.
That original sin turned the order of everything turned upside down.
33:56 – Segment 3
What is the church’s role in a marriage?
A brief discussion on love and how it is a verb, and not a feeling.
The feelings of love comes from the verb.
Church needs to be discipling people on how to be husbands and wives.
Scripture Discussed in the Show
Genesis 2:24 Episode Verse
Ephesians 5:22-31
Resources We Mentioned in the Show
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Episode Length 43:37
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