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Implications of the Marriage Picture

April 2, 2013 in Family, Marriage with 0 Comments

Two weeks ago I talked about how our marriages reflected the Gospel, specifically Christ headship over the church and the church’s submission to that headship. I ended by mentioning that this reflection – this echo – paints a picture that can preach to our children. In fact, I believe our marriages have 3 audiences.

God

The first audience is the one that created marriage. God uses our marriage to teach us about Him, about love, about ourselves. In a way, I suppose that makes us the audience.

Our Children

I think this is where our marriages really shine (or shadow) the gospel. Knowing that our marriage reflects the relationship of Christ and his church, we, as husband and wife, can reflect one of two ways:
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The Marriage Picture

March 19, 2013 in Marriage with 1 Comment

Last week I pointed out that marriage was a living breathing picture of the Gospel and that our children were a primary audience of that picture therefore our marriages preach the Gospel to our children.

Let me dive into that a little further.

Marriage as a picture of the Gospel

Ephesians 5:22-33 is a great place to see this relationship clearly, specifically verse 23, “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior” and verse 25, “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” These two verses clearly point out the analogy of the husband as Christ and the wife as the Body.
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The Value of Family

March 12, 2013 in Family, Marriage with 0 Comments

This coming weekend I have the privilege of preaching in the main service at church. I’ll be exploring why family is important, not only in light of our home life, but why it’s important to the Church at large.
Basically, it boils down to the gospel.
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Boundaries in Social Media

August 14, 2012 in Marriage with 0 Comments

Last week I gave you five simple steps to lose your marriage but didn’t talk specifically about how easy some of those steps can be. When I first wrote that post, social media was in its infancy – today, it seems to be a natural part of the way that we live our lives. In some ways that’s good, but it has also made it easier than ever to take those simple steps toward losing your marriage.

I said that Step 1 in losing your marriage was to be available and social media has made ‘being available’ easier than ever. Maybe it’s time to set some boundaries…Facebook, the largest player in social media, is said to be cited in 1 in 5 divorces – and, when it comes to online evidence, it’s the primary source of evidence in 2 out of 3 cases.
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Happy Anniversary

May 23, 2012 in Marriage with 1 Comment

In 1972, while still governor of California, Ronald and Nancy Reagan celebrated a similar anniversary to the one that my wife and I celebrate today. While they are not my words, the sentiment is the same:

My Darling Wife

This note is to warn you of a diabolical plot entered into by some of our so called friends – (ha!) calendar makers and even our own children. These and others would have you believe we’ve been married 20 years.

20 minutes maybe – but never 20 years. In the first place it is a known fact that a human cannot sustain the high level of happiness I feel for more than a few minutes – and my happiness keeps increasing.

I will confess to one puzzlement but I’m sure it is just some trick perpetrated by our friends – (Ha again!) I can’t remember ever being without you and I know I was born more than 20 mins ago.

Oh well – that isn’t important. The important thing is I don’t want to be without you for the next 20 years, or 40, or however many there are. I’ve gotten very used to being happy and I love you very much indeed.

Your Husband of 20 something or other.

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Teri, I love you and thank God for blessing me through our marriage.

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