Weddings are glorious, and they both remind us and teach us. We are reminded of our own vows, and basic things we have known for a long time, but which need to brought back to us in a fresh way. At the same time, we also learn that marriage is a subject that startles and …
Andrew and Denali
What is it that makes a Christian wedding? It would be easy to answer such a question in a superficial way by simply appealing to forms and customs—as when a Christian minister presides or prays over the ceremony, or if it were to occur in a Christian church. Or perhaps we could say that it …
Jonathan and Annike
In the name of the God of all grace, welcome. Jonathan, grace and peace to you. Annike, may grace and peace be multiplied to you, in such a way as enables you to return it to Jonathan again, pressed down, shaken, and running over. As Christians, we are engaged by the Holy Spirit in the …
Steven and Katie
In the name of the God of all grace, welcome. Steven, may grace and peace be multiplied to you. Katie, may grace and peace be multiplied to you. This is a Christian wedding and, as such, it is therefore a testimony to the grace of God. But what is grace, exactly? For too many people, …
Sam and Miranda
This is a Christian wedding, a doorway into a Christian marriage. What is it that makes it a Christian wedding? It is not the fact that it is occurring inside a Christian church—because it isn’t. A Christian wedding can occur in a church, of course, but that is not what makes it Christian. Sam and …
Samuel and Kelsie
The Scriptures are given to us as light in a dark world. They are given to us as a description of God’s way, when our ways of doing things are usually quite different, and obviously not for the better. That difference accounts for all of the unhappiness around us. It accounts for all the wars, …
Jeremiah and Kelsey
The Scriptures speak a great deal about glory, but as earth-bound novices, we tend to shy away from the subject. We think that the whole thing is beyond our grasp. And yet, the Bible is very clear that glory is part of our experience here in this world, and so we need to learn how …
David and Anne
In his book Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis argues that the value of a book is to be measured by how many times a reader returns to it. If a book is simply a consumption item, then it should be evaluated as such, which is to say that it is not valued very highly. It …
Samuel and Susannah
The book of Genesis is the book of our beginnings, but they are not simplistic beginnings. Rather, God has given us a layered and textured account what He did when He first created us, male and female, and this is an account that never fails to astonish us when we go back to learn from …
Mark and Carolyn
In the institution of marriage, God has created a wonderful balance in the formation of the human race as male and female. This balance is glorious, and we are most grateful for it. It is clear that from the beginning man was meant to go with woman, and that woman was meant to go with …