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Ben replied to the discussion Why I’d like to do a marriage retreat in the forum M² Marriage 2 months ago
Why I’d like to do a marriage retreat
What do you think are the main symptoms and causes of these marriage problems? Maybe make a quick list?
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M² Marriage 3 weeks agoI love this! So much to dig around in! I am excited to spend more time on here:)
A word for marriage and communication…
Proverbs 12:18
“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
I have said many harsh and controlling words based out of fear to my husband. I believe im starting to see that when…
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That’s good encouragement. I haven’t worked on this group in a while. Honestly, I’m kind of stalled. My circle of peers, there aren’t very many happily married people anymore. Lots of not-so-happy married people and plenty working on divorces or already there. Sobers you up.
The other day I friend was like: “You’ve got to do this!” –…
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Im with you 100% Ben!
People are scared and scarred. People have been shown bad examples. Couples have not had the resources to realize theyre not alone and these issues can be solved with beautiful victories awaiting them that make their marriage even sweeter and stronger.
A chord of 3 strands is important to me as well. God and mission…
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M² Marriage 2 months agoThe Ephesians 5 picture of marriage compares a husband’s job to Jesus making the Body holy. But what does “holy” really mean anyway?
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Ben replied to the discussion Husband’s Job: Ephesians 5:25-33 in the forum M² Marriage 2 months ago
Husband’s Job: Ephesians 5:25-33
[11] And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. [12] But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, [13] waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. [14] For by a…
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Ben replied to the discussion Husband’s Job: Ephesians 5:25-33 in the forum M² Marriage 2 months ago
Husband’s Job: Ephesians 5:25-33
Hebrews 10 describes the sanctifying work of Jesus in the same terms, but adds in the theme of temple sacrifice, referencing how Christ completes and surpasses a system that did not make people holy (v 11).
First, our sanctification comes not from the destruction or cost of the sacrifice, but the submission of human will:
[5] Consequently,…
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Ben started the discussion Husband’s Job: Ephesians 5:25-33 in the forum M² Marriage 2 months ago
Husband’s Job: Ephesians 5:25-33
Both the wife and the husband’s role in marriage is based on Christ’s relationship to the Church in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. In the case of husband’s Paul says:
[25] Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, [26] that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,…
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Ben replied to the discussion Getting Started: The Bible on Marriage in the forum M² Marriage 2 months ago
Getting Started: The Bible on Marriage
Marriage in the NT
- Sermon on the Mount
- Mt 19:3-12 Jesus answers the Pharisees’ question on divorce, likely based on a controversial interpretation of Deut 24:1-4. He references Genesis 1 (v.4) — where humanity is created in God’s image as male and female. He makes an appeal to Yahweh’s creator-authority then connects this immediately to…
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