Sons of Our Father 3

 How men behave  Evil of the gender war  Biblical Model: Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church …

 Every woman wants to be lovely  Proverbs Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting (vain): but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

 1 Sam 25 3 His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.  Job Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

 Rev 21 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

 The danger of self-fulfilling myths about Christian young men and women  Why Christian men and women end up with bad boys and bad girls

 Canticle 2 14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.

 Eph 5 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her  The Stories

 Counsel to (young) men  Counsel to (young) women

 Men, express your love  Proverbs Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

More to love each year There’s more to love of you each year, No, not more of you to love, my dear. Rarely is a man so blessed With a wife who brings such zest Your gentle laughter, gentler hands Guide home and hearts to our better strand On this our thirty-third anniversary I celebrate your good humor, my dear. Through the adversities of life You have on every occasion arise To find the hope when through the drear To pain and pleasure your unfading cheer Written to my wife Lily on our 33 rd anniversary

 Men are made to love  Men are made for battle, for adventure … for the one they love.  Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

 Canticle 2 14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.