Theology That Bites Back
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 …
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 …
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. ...
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 …
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 ...
Marriage, as designed by God, is a glorious instrument of dominion. If we want to understand what is going on here today, we must understand this. Weddings are the front door to marriage, and marriage and dominion are woven tightly together. When God created our first parents, He gave them dominion over the entire world. …
There is really only one reason why marriages become unhappy over time, and that reason is sin. And there is really only one reason why happy marriages are so astonishingly durable, and that is because the husband and the wife have learned the great lesson of how to deal with sin. And by “dealing with …
God in His infinite wisdom has determined to make men and women very, very different. But we must be careful because there are different kinds of differences. What do I mean? A coral reef and a cirrus cloud are quite different—as in entirely different. A violin and a bow are also completely different, but a …
In a quote famously attributed to St. Francis, he once told his followers: “Preach the gospel at all times. Use words only when necessary.” Now to the extent that this is simply an exhortation to ...
The world uses the word love a lot, but tends to fall into certain destructive patterns in their pursuit of it. One kind of love is conditional on the front end—“I will love you if . . .” Another is conditional after the fact—“I love you because . . .” I will love you in …
