Archive for the 'Husband' Category

A Practical Look At Resolving Tension In The Home

Disagreements are a part of life . . . and a part of marriage. And if conflict isn’t handled right the first time . . . it can build up and ultimately destroy a relationship. Do you find it difficult to forgive and move on?

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What God Is Looking For In Our Relationship With Him

Back in your growing-up days, did you ever meet someone that you really liked right away?

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize that the Christian life is a life of faith.

Back in your growing-up days, did you ever meet someone that you really liked right away? You wanted to know him or her better?

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Learn How To Apply The "one Flesh" Principle To Your Marriage

We’ve talked about Genesis 2:24 as God’s blueprint for marriage – leaving, cleaving, and becoming one flesh. But what about all of the passages in the New Testament specifically addressed to

PURPOSE: To help listeners think about marriage to be lived out in imitation of Christ.

We’ve talked about Genesis 2:24 as God’s blueprint for marriage – leaving, cleaving, and becoming one flesh. But what about all of the passages in the New Testament specifically addressed to husbands and wives?

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What The Bible Says About Becoming "one Flesh"

According to Genesis 2:24 – quoted by Jesus in Matthew 19 and by the apostle Paul in Ephesians 5 – God’s blueprint for marriage means first that we must

PURPOSE: To help listeners think about all that is involved in becoming one flesh.

According to Genesis 2:24 – quoted by Jesus in Matthew 19 and by the apostle Paul in Ephesians 5 – God’s blueprint for marriage means first that we must LEAVE our families of origin, then we must CLEAVE to one another in a commitment to the permanence of the relationship. You had said that there are three elements to God’s blueprint for marriage. What is the third?

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Keys To A Successful Marriage

When we look for God’s blueprint for marriage, we find it spelled out in Genesis 2:24—”Therefore a man leaves his father and mother, is joined to his wife, and the two

PURPOSE: To help listeners think about what it means to leave and then to cleave to a spouse.

Q: When we look for God’s blueprint for marriage, we find it spelled out in Genesis 2:24—”Therefore a man leaves his father and mother, is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh.” Jesus, when questioned by the Pharisees about divorce, took them back before the Law to God’s original design for marriage, reminding them that the law about divorce was given because of people’s sinfulness, but God had something better in mind. He quoted Genesis 2:24 (Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7). Then the apostle Paul picked up on the same statement at the end of his discussion in Ephesians 5 about how husbands and wives are to relate to one another. In our last conversation, Gay and Alice, you were telling us that the first step in God’s blueprint is for the man as well as the woman to leave father and mother. You said that leaving is crucial to marriage. What else?

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The First Building Block Needed To Build A Sucessful Marriage

We’ve been talking for a week about people’s ideas about marriage. Several times you’ve alluded to the fact that God has some definite ideas about marriage. What would God’s blueprint for marriage look like?

PURPOSE: To help listeners think biblically about Christian marriage.

Q: We’ve been talking for a week about people’s ideas about marriage. Several times you’ve alluded to the fact that God has some definite ideas about marriage. What would God’s blueprint for marriage look like?

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