Marriage: What’s the big deal?

Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.   Heb. 13:4  
Why honor marriage? Why keep the marriage bed undefiled? Silly questions? Then why in the world are church statistics of divorce, the same as secular statistics?
It seems to me, that marriage has [...]

Covenants

As we continue our study of the domestic church, I thought these articles would be helpful:
1) Dr. Italy 
2)Husbands and Wives
I hope they speak to you as they have me.

Children Obey Your Parents

Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise, that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the [...]

Wives

Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, He Himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.   Eph. 5:22-24   
Wives, us [...]

Husbands

Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, He Himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.   Eph. 5:22-24  
In the [...]

The First Covenant

For the husband is head of the wife, just as Christ is head of the church, He Himself the Savior of the body.  Ephesians 5:23   
From the very beginning, in the very first family, to our own, we see God is orderly. He has consistent patterns and usually sticks with the created order. God created [...]

The Definitions….

As promised yesterday, here are the definitions for covenant and sacrament. As you will notice, they are lengthy and better explained in these articles, than in any brief sentence found in any dictionary.
I hope you find this helpful as we continue on in our journey understanding the Domestic Church.

Marriage Like Christ and His Church

Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, He himself the Savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be [...]

The Domestic Church

As Jesus ended the sermon on the mount, He challenged us to be “wise” disciples, that is; listen to His words and act on them (do them).We are called to put our faith into action!
To look at the “big picture” can be be overwhelming but God didn’t call us to change the whole world at [...]