What is the Bible all about? One answer is: marriage. The Bible begins and ends with a wedding, and in between you find a tempestuous love story between God, the lover, and his people, the beloved. So to wrap up a series that’s looked at human marriage, we’re taking a look at what you might call “God’s marriage”—the greatest love story ever told.

Scripture passages cited in this message include Revelation 19:6-8; 21:1-4; Ephesians 4:22-24; and Hebrews 13:5.

Seasons of waiting are hard. You want to be married and aren't. You feel behind on life and are stuck. You need direction and are confused. But Psalm 37 points us to the good news that waiting is always an invitation to go deeper with God. Scripture passages cited in this talk include Psalm 37:3-7; Deuteronomy 33:27; and Proverbs 16:3.

Dating can be great... and really confusing. So what does it look like to date well? This second talk on dating looks at the Bible's wisdom on how to do that.

Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include Song of Solomon 1:4-6, 8-10; 2:3-4, 7-16; 3:5, 10-11; 5:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2; Proverbs 5:18-19; Romans 8:1; and Proverbs 30:18-19.

Candace and Michael take questions about dating.

Dating isn't in the Bible, nor is there a "biblical model of dating." But the Bible does offer wisdom about how to date well. This first talk on dating looks at the Bible's wisdom on whom to date: is the guy or girl who's caught your eye someone you should be in a relationship with—or not?

Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include Song of Solomon 1:1-10; 2:16; Galatians 5:22-23; Matthew 11:29; 19:6; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 1 Kings 11:3-4; Proverbs 31:30; Romans 8:1; and Genesis 24.

When God made man, He declared that everything was "good"—except the man's loneliness. One of the purposes of marriage is companionship, and a healthy marriage is one in which your spouse isn't just a business partner but a dear, deep, lasting friend. Drawing on Scripture and his own experience of sixteen years of marriage, Jake Chambers, pastor of Local Church, explains what it looks like to have a healthy marriage rooted in friendship.

Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include Matthew 28:16-20 and Genesis 1; 2:18-25.

Kurt Mach, pastor of Peninsula Christian Fellowship, has been married to his wife, Revell, for over 40 years. Listen in as Kurt shares his marriage story, chocked full with biblical wisdom about how to get married, be married, and stay married.

Today far fewer people are getting married in Western countries than just fifty years ago. Some want to be married and aren't, but others have dismissed marriage as an outdated tradition we no longer need. In the face of so much skepticism about marriage, why does the Bible see marriage as such a good thing? This talk seeks to answer that question by going back to the very first marriage in human history, where we see why God invented marriage in the first place.

Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this talk include Genesis 1:28; 2:18-25; 1 Corinthians 7:2; and Ephesians 5:31-32.

Our culture has a conflicted attitude toward singleness. Traditionally-minded people tend to see being unmarried as bad and even shameful. Progressive-leaning people tend to see it as a badge of freedom and liberation. So which is it? The Bible cuts through both stereotypes. It exalts singleness as a glorious gift that can be even better than marriage. But it also warns against choosing to stay single for the wrong reasons.

Scripture passages cited in this talk include 1 Corinthians 7:1-2, 7, 25-38; Genesis 30:22-23; 1 Samuel 1:10-11; Isaiah 4:1; Hebrews 1:2; 1 Peter 1:20; and Matthew 22:30.

To conclude our series on Jesus' "I am" statements in the Gospel of John, we threw in an extra one from the Gospel of Matthew! Matthew 11:29 says that Jesus is "gentle and lowly in heart," the only explicit statement in the Gospels that tells you what Jesus' heart is really like. What does it look like to know Jesus as the gentle and lowly God? In this message, Dustin Polley, director of Thrive Kitsap, meditates on that question.