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Sermons on Marriage

Strengthening Realationships #2 Ephesians 5:21-33

I agree with N T Wright in his commentary on this passage where he states that at the start of the 21st Century it’s harder than ever to be a boy. It’s confusing to know what it is to be male, or for that matter female. There’s talk now of discrimination against women from women that refer to themselves as a housewife.Anyone…

Strengthening Realationships #1 Ephesians 5:18-33

This passage lays groundwork for where we’re going over coming weeks in a series within a series “strengthening realationships” – husband and wife, parents and children, employer and employee – it begins with this passage“18 Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit… 20 And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” There’s only…

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Happily ever after #4 communication and conflict

Communication and conflict are two key pressure points in marriage.
We’ve talked a lot about being ‘happily ever after’ – whether married, single, divorced, separated, …We started in Philippians 2:3-5
3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,…
There Paul teaches the keys to marital success: firstly, a meaningful relationship to Jesus Christ (vv 1,5); and secondly, a measured relationship to each other (vv 2-4).