In Defense of Marriage

Marriage has always been under attack. We may think that this is something new, only since the advent of no-fault divorce and same-sex marriage. But marriage has always been attacked and twisted by our enemy. One of the heresies the Apostle Paul addressed in the book of 1 Timothy was...

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Reflecting God’s Light in Marriage

While rummaging through a drawer this week I came across something very special. A few months ago, the pastor and dear friend who married us 37 years ago gave us the hand-typed pages from our wedding ceremony. He started our wedding out with this statement, “The two most important relationships...

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Not Your Average Whodunit

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Mystery of Marriage". [Watch video]My wife and I love a good whodunit. We often watch British mysteries online or on TV. The thing about mysteries is this, someone has to die. Yup, someone dies just for our entertainment! Of...

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Men & The Path of Least Resistance

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "The Highest Calling". [Watch video]Our garage nearly flooded this week as all our snow and ice began to melt. Water takes the path of least resistance and the frozen ground combined with rain and snowmelt meant the path of least...

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The Freedom and Security of Submission

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "A High Calling". [Watch video]Many years ago, our family experienced a couple of Navy deployments. The first one was when Ben was on an aircraft carrier, and the other was when he went to Iraq. Both times meant months of...

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Is God Puny?

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Marriage Equality, Part II". [Watch video]Does God know the end from the beginning? Is He really the Alpha and Omega, the God who was, and is, and is to come? Does God know what is going to happen in history? Consider...

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Scriptural Authority on Gender Issues

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Marriage Equality". [Watch video]Last Sunday we began laying the groundwork for the subject of marriage in Ephesians 5. Why must we lay groundwork by talking about “Marriage Equality” before we address husbands and wives? The reason is that our culture...

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Does Marriage Matter?

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Ben's sermon entitled "Season of Sanctity". [Watch video]Joseph and Mary are an example of a godly couple who lived out what it means to be “one flesh.” Fine for them, and fine for those married couples who can learn from them. But what...

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Meek Like A Missile

This post is a follow-up message from Pastor Chris's sermon entitled "Seasons of Sacrifice". [Watch video]When Satan is up at night worrying, I imagine it is often about men like Joseph. Men like (and this is the name that really makes him shudder) Jesus. Men who are meek. More on this in...

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