Marriage

You’re finally married, but it’s more work than you had anticipated. In fact, it’s downright hard some of the time. We want to help you be obedient to God’s design for marriage, and to enjoy your spouse in the process. We pray that these resources will encourage you to love and respect your mate and that God would receive much glory and pleasure from your marriage relationship.

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Wed, Feb 16, 2011
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Green Grass

The Fence of Unforgiveness

Trent Griffith continues in this series on marriage by explaining how unmet desires and expectations lead to fences in marriage. Trent describes how to identify the fences and then how ...

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Wed, Feb 9, 2011
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Green Grass

The Mystery of Marriage: Love and Respect

In this second of four messages in our "Green Grass" series, Pastor Trent Griffith looks at marriage as a way of reflecting the glory of God, and how in its ...

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Wed, Feb 11, 2009
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Marriage

Intimacy Test

Laine and Janet would have said they had a good marriage, but the norm for their relationship was not what it needed to be. After ten years of marriage, God ...

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Thu, Dec 27, 2007
Brian G. Hedges
Pastor Connect 2007

The Five Temptations of a Pastor

Several years ago I read Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Temptations of a CEO, a “leadership fable” about Andrew O’Brien, who is approaching his one-year anniversary as CEO of Trinity Systems. Faced with his accountability for the company’s poor fiscal results, Andrew learns some tough leadership lessons from a quirky old man named Charlie. Woven into the parable are a CEO’s five temptations: 

  1. The desire to protect career status
  2. The desire to be popular
  3. The need to make correct decisions, to achieve certainty
  4. The desire for harmony
  5. The desire for invulnerability[1]
To overcome these five temptations ...

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Article
Tue, Feb 27, 2007
Brian G. Hedges
Pastor Connect 2007

The Divine Reputation

If you've ever watched a sunset on a crowded beach, you know that often, the moment the sun disappears below the water, people clap. So impressed by the magnitude, originality, beauty, and artistic brilliance of glowing skies and fiery clouds, the only appropriate response is show a sign of respect. But who gets the credit for the sunset? God's glory is the most shockingly obvious reality in the universe. Any glimpse of our finite world catches of its infinite Creator can only be described as glorious -- the glory of God! The glory of God is His reptuation, His ...

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The Simple Secret
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Thu, Jun 1, 2006
Emerson Eggerichs
Reviving Marriage

The Simple Secret

He makes a beeline for Hallmark and is soon gazing upon all those racks full of greeting cards. One colorful card quickly catches his eye. He skims the words - they are perfect! He thinks, This card is her - no doubt about it. He grabs it off the shelf, pays the clerk, and hurries home rejoicing - I didn't forget this year!

She is there when he arrives at home, so he sneaks the card into another room, signs it, and quickly writes her name on the envelope. He even adds a couple of tiny hearts over her name as an ...

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Thu, Sep 18, 2008
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What God Hath Joined

As an increasing number of Christian marriages are failing, pastors and lay people are asking what the Bible has to say about marriage, divorce, and remarriage. In a special feature, Del Fehsenfeld Jr. addresses the crisis in the home, and examines the biblical teaching on this crucial matter.

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