Weddings happen all the time, and because they happen all the time, it is easy to miss how remarkable it all is. God is so good to us, and pours out so many blessings upon us, that our tendency is to take it all for granted, and to assume that His good gifts and graces …
Lex and Belphoebe
One of the indications that we have drifted away from our biblical moorings can be seen in how we think of weddings as the simple possession of two individuals, dancing alone, instead of thinking of it ...
Thomas and Jocelyn
The creation of man was teleological, which is a fancy way of saying that God had a particular intention and purpose for us that is revealed in the way that He designed us. A screwdriver is teleological ...
Knox and Leah
We live in a generation that has lost all ability to define anything important. Those who cannot answer the question what is a woman? or what is a man? are certainly not in a position to define something like marriage. Not only can they not define this central human institution, but they are also not …
Shawn and Gloria
When God created our first parents, and placed them in a garden paradise, He was declaring His intention for us. He was being kind to Adam and Eve, and to all their descendants. He wanted us to exercise dominion in the world, filling it, subduing it, renewing it, and replenishing it. In order to do …
Blake and Naomi
In the providence of God, every thread ties together. All things cohere in Christ, as we are told in Colossians 1, and it is not just the large and important things that cohere. The Lord taught us that the hairs on our heads are all numbered, and that not one sparrow falls to the ground …
Marc and Kitty
This is a wedding with two central purposes. Most weddings are focused on just one central thing, which is obviously the exchange of vows, and the consequent establishment of a marriage covenant. That is second of our purposes here today, and we will certainly get to that. But the first thing we want to do …
Makiah and Rachel
One of the problems that we confront in this modern world is the problem of fragmentation. And one of the central drivers of that broader societal fragmentation has been the fragmentation of the family. ...
Joseph and Sarah
In the Scriptures, the pattern of marrying and being given in marriage is a picture of normality. Sometimes it is a picture of normality on the brink of judgment, as when people were doing all their normal things just before Noah’s flood. “For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating …
Chase and Heather
We have all gathered here in order to witness the formation of a new household. This new household will be made up of two Christians, but once it is formed, it is also going to be greater than the sum ...