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The Endurance of God's Promises
The Endurance of God's Promises

Introduction

As we read the verses this morning, I admit that my mind wandered a bit. And though I'm not proud of what I thought about, I admit that ...


God still cares for his people, even when we take our eyes off him.


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When You Say I Do
When You Say I Do

Introduction – Upsetting the Equilibrium

Jacob thought he was marrying one person but he got stuck with two, the Rachel he wanted and the Leah he ...


Loving lackluster Leah (Church) makes us Leahs more like radiant Rachel (Christ) and enables us to experience more intimate union with radiant Rachel.


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God's Plan for Your Body
God's Plan for Your Body

Introduction

I often need to fix and repair things, but I'm not very good with nails. I'm even worse with screws, and there are some things ...


Your body is ultimately about bonding with God and others, not sexuality.


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The Gift of Celibacy

The Story behind the sermon (an interview with Stewart Ruch III)

Preaching Today.com: Why did you choose to preach on "celibacy" and not "singleness"?

Stewart ...


What makes humans truly human is union with God, not union with another human.


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Divorce and the Seeds of Resurrection


Even in the midst of a heartrending divorce, we can find the hope and power of Christ's resurrection.


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The Intimate Marriage

Introduction

This week we're talking about intimacy and the role that sex plays within marriage. Paul writes extensively about sex to the Christians living ...


Sex and marriage are gifts from God.


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The Lasting Marriage

Introduction

In 25 years of pastoral ministry I've done close to 200 weddings. I always spend several hours with these couples trying to prepare them not ...


In marriage, the ideal is lifelong commitment.


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Single and Single-minded

Introduction

A recent census reported that about 86 million single people live in the U.S. As people get married later, as the divorce rate climbs, and ...


God wants single people to serve him without distraction.


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Sex: Safe, Sound, and Super

Introduction

When you read the Song of Solomon and when you read our Scripture passage today, 1 Corinthians 7, God makes it very plain, and he doesn't ...


God has always had a simple and beautiful plan for sex.


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The Good Life

Introduction

People may not sing it much anymore, but the following Herb Magidson song was popular in its day:

You're gonna take that ocean trip, no matter, ...

Rightly relishing the pleasures of God


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Deborah, the Encourager of Manhood

Today we're looking at Deborah, the encourager of manhood. But before we look at the life of Deborah, you've probably seen church bulletin announcements ...


Women possess a unique opportunity to encourage men to step up and stand up


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The Scarlet Letter

Introduction

Today we're continuing to look at the Ten Commandments. We've seen that this isn't easy material. These commands are anything but sugarcoated. ...


Bringing adultery to the light


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What Your Spouse Wants You to Figure Out

From the editor:

Few preachers make better use of humor than Dave Stone. He's especially gifted at knowing exactly the right point to insert a funny line ...


Strive to be intimate friends who unselfishly serve one another.


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A Passion for God's Covenant

If you knew of something that shattered dreams, that generated overwhelming stress in people's lives, that would induce in them panic attacks and even ...



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Recognizing Divine Interruptions

Matthew 1:18-25:

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, ...


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Beautiful Music

This past Thursday, I had lunch with an old friend. We enjoyed the lunch hour reminiscing about old times, about the time he took me fishing, about the ...



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Christian Singles

Introduction

Currently 17 to 20 million unmarried women and several million fewer unmarried men live in the United States. It's estimated that, at ...



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Starting Over

Introduction

Years ago, when my 2-year-old car needed a new battery, my son said, "Dad, we need to buy a new car. This one is getting old." When ...



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When Love Fails

From the editor

Given that Valentine's Day is this coming Sunday, many of you will probably be addressing themes like love, relationships, dating, and ...


God made marriage, so it should be honored.


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The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky

About the Book

The Brothers Karamazov is the story of a father, Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov, and his three ...



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Till We Have Faces

Till We Have Faces
By C. S. Lewis

About the Book

Lewis's Till We Have Faces is a retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche from the perspective of ...



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King Lear

King Lear
By William Shakespeare

About This Book

King Lear is arguably Shakespeare's most poignant piece on familial relationships. In it we see the contrast ...



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Relationships

Relationships: An Open and Honest Guide to Making Bad Relationships Better and Good Relationships Great By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott Zondervan (1998); ...



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Boundaries

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your life
By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Zondervan (1992); 296 pages



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Sacred Marriage

Sacred Marriage
By Gary Thomas
Zondervan (2000); 268 pages

About the Book

In Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas steers us away from the goal of marital improvement, ...



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Bold Love

Bold Love
By Dr. Dan B. Allender & Dr. Tremper Longman III
Navpress (1992); 318 pages

About the Book

The premise of Bold Love is this: "I will not live ...



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Understanding Who You Are

Understanding Who You Are: What Your Relationships Tell You About Yourself
By Dr. Larry Crabb
NavPress (1997); 78 pages

About the Book

Crabb's aim in ...



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The Four Loves

The Four Loves
By C. S. Lewis
Harcourt Brace & Company (1960); 141 pages

About the Book

C. S. Lewis seamlessly couples the analytical and spiritual in ...



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Relationships: An Annotated Bibliography

It has only been recently, and in part due to my gleanings from this project, that I've felt the sheer weight of the love Jesus calls us to: to set aside ...


Helpful resources for sermon preparation


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Life Together

Life Together
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Harper & Row (1954); 122 pages

About the Book

Rather than delving into why we operate the way we do or examining ...



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All God Does Is Good

From the editor

Chuck's sermon is an excellent example of a sermon that sharpens the way we read the Bible. Notice how Chuck challenges us to take the ...


The creation account is the introduction to God's story of redemption.


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Battered into Submission

Introduction

Not long ago, someone said to me, "I've never heard a sermon about violence in the home. I've never heard the preacher pray about it. I've ...


Domestic violence is an unqualified evil.


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What Do Men Want? What Do Women Want?

Introduction

When the Bible describes how the world was created, it uses the word good a lot. It says, "God created light" and "saw that the light was ...


God created men and women to complement, serve, and encourage one another.


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For Better, but Worse

Introduction

When the great Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this past summer, he began a speech as ...


When it looks like you've married badly


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Surviving D-Day: Divorce

Introduction:

When we launched this series called “Surviving Your Personal D-Day Invasion,” we said that each of the attacks we would discuss comes as ...


Divorced people don’t need to shamefully wear the scarlet D the rest of their lives in disgrace.


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What's a Single to Do?

Oneness, the Bible says, is where two people in a miraculous, God designed way, become one. It is a beautiful thing. Dating is designed to prepare you ...


God is not a killjoy. He is just smart, with a protective perspective on sex for our welfare.


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Hilarious Hupotasso

Introduction

This is a hot button issue: the woman's role in church and family. Feelings are running high, and we all bring a certain bias with us.

© Jill Briscoe, 1993 Preaching Today Issue #117 A resource of Christianity Today International
Wives should submit to their husbands voluntarily, without losing their God-given identities.


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Rediscovering Marriage

Introduction

I think we'd all agree that marriage has fallen on hard times these days. They tell us that the number of people getting married has declined ...


Discover the transforming power of mutual submission


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Becoming a Man

Introduction

What is the most powerful word in the English language? Is it "honor," or "love," or "country?" Maybe it's "sacrifice." Stu Weber, who has ...


We need to admit our incompetence and grow in competence.


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A Spirit-Filled Church

Introduction:

The text before us is one of the most fascinating passages in the New Testament, because it interweaves the mystery of Christ and his body—his ...


As the body of Christ, we are intimately related to Jesus Christ and one another.


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A Spirit-Filled Marriage

Introduction:

John Maxwell gave his congregation an article entitled "The Ideal Wife." Under the subtitle "What Every Man Expects," it said: "Always beautiful ...


Both women and men have a spiritual role to play in marriage: women, to submit; men, to love.


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A Woman's Worth Is Never Done

Introduction:

A woman of keen mind and understanding heart gazed at Whistler's portrait of his mother. "It is a remarkable painting of a very lovely ...


There is no substitute for the goodness a godly mother brings.


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Treat Your Mate to a Better Marriage

Genesis 2:18-24

Gloria Steinem, the well-known feminist activist and publisher of Ms. Magazine, made a statement a few years ago that has been quoted ...


Better marriages happen when you remember that your spouse is God's gift to you, and treat him or her accordingly.


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Holiness in Marriage

As we look at today's text, I want you to realize that it is no coincidence that Matthew records Jesus' teaching on marriage right after his teaching ...


Jesus upheld the sanctity of marriage and condemned cavalier, reckless attitudes towards marriage and divorce.


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You First

It's not breaking news when I tell you that marriage isn't easy. When Donald Trump was going through his divorce, he was quoted in the press as saying, ...


Becoming a godly husband is a matter of learning to communicate two words to your wife: You First.


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Put Your Husband In His Place

This week and next we will look at a passage of Scripture that rarely fails to elicit a strong reaction, mainly because it is often misrepresented (or ...


Just as the body of Christ finds strength and leadership in yielding to one another, I'm encouraging you to find strength and leadership in your husband.


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What About Shaky Marriages?

A couple came to see a certain pastor—not me. The man was particularly concerned about his wife's depression. He had tried all that he knew to help ...


Understanding agape love is the key to a strong marriage.


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Learning to Love
Learning to Love

I'm going to speak about learning to love. What I have to say may pertain to many of you who are married, but if you're not married, hang in there, ...


We often base the success of our marriages on the feelings of our relationship, but we need to rely more on God’s sacrificial love to make marriage work.


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God's Design for Marriage

I saw a cartoon some time ago in which a preacher had prepared the pulpit area like a fortress. He was peering through the crack of a machine gun nest. ...


God's instructions for husbands and wives are the key to a long and happy marriage.


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Finding Good Sex

I have received more comments on this sermon title than I have for any sermon that I have ever preached. From the moment the title went on the board some ...


What your body yearns for is symptomatic of the yearning of the soul.


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