Sermons tagged with ‘Marriage’

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Getting Right with God – Ezra 10

Getting Right with God 14 July 2024 PM – Text: Ezra 10:1-44 – Topic: Divorce Introduction: When Melody and I were in Bible College, Dr. Cedarholm, the president of our college, frequently said, “The most important thing to learn about history is to learn FROM history.” If we do not learn from history, we are […]

The Danger of a Mixed Marriage

The Danger of a Mixed Marriage 7 July 2024 PM – Text: Ezra 9:1-15 – Topic: Marriage, Courtship Introduction: It ought to be mandatory for every young person, before he or she chooses a sweetheart, to have a good long talk with a Christian who is married to an unbeliever. That married person should tell […]

Why is Submission so Difficult?

Why is Submission so Difficult? 3 September 2023 PM – Colossians 3:18 – Col23 – Scott Childs Introduction: In our present-day culture, women bristle at the thought of submission to men. As a result, they often choose live-in relationships over marriage. Often, those who do marry, rule the home and keep their husbands under their […]

The Permanence of Marriage – Rom 7:1-6

The Permanence of Marriage 13 February 2022 AM – Romans 7:1-6 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: We use illustrations to make things clearer and easier to understand. The best illustrations use things that the hearer clearly understands. They help him grasp something he does not understand. For example, if you have never eaten a […]

God Blamed Adam! – Romans 5:12-21

God Blamed Adam! 2 January 2022 AM – Romans 5:12-21 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: When our boys were young, it was sometimes difficult to determine who was guilty in one of their boyhood disputes. Though I tried to be fair, there may have been times when I blamed the wrong boy. Keep this […]

Married to an Unbeliever – 1 Corinthians 7:14

Married to an Unbeliever 26 September 2021 AM – 1 Corinthians 7:14 – Marriage – Scott Childs Introduction: God clearly warns Christians not to marry unbelievers. (2 Corinthians 6:14-15) “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath […]

Bitter-free Love Pt.2 – Colossians 3:18-19

Bitter-free Love Pt.2 5 September 2021 AM – Colossians 3:18-19 – Marriage – Scott Childs Introduction: Australia’s tallest tree, named Centurion, located in Tasmania, has just been measured at 100.9 m tall. That gigantic tree, like all other trees, began with a tiny seed.             The same is true of bitterness. It begins in a […]

Bitter-free Love pt.1 – Col 3:18-19

Bitter-free Love Pt.1 5 September 2021 AM – Colossians 3:-18-19 – Marriage – Scott Childs Introduction: As I began working on this message several weeks ago, I requested your input on Colossians 3:19 regarding the cause and the cure for a husband’s bitterness towards his wife. As my study progressed, I realised that the problem […]

A God-Selected Spouse

A God-Selected Spouse 22 August 2021 PM – Genesis 24 – Gen2021 – Scott Childs Introduction: At Sunday school, the teacher was teaching how God created everything, including human beings. Little Johnny, a 5-year-old child, seemed especially intent when the teacher told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam’s ribs. Later in […]