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High View of Sex High View of Marriage High View of Singleness High View of Gender Diffs

Marriage Tool Box Road to Marriage Porn Etc Great Sex

High View of Sex High View of Marriage High View of Singleness High View of Gender Diffs

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. Kurt Cobain

Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution?

“Only three other guys have compared to you.” Sinead O’Connor

Personal experience? Celebrity culture? Statistics?

Personal experience? Celebrity culture? Statistics? Bible?

Jay See “Marriage is becoming obsolete. The only people getting married in the future will be religious freaks.”

God, the best maker of all marriages, combine your hearts in one. Shakespeare, Henry V.

High Yet Honest

Gen 2:18 It is not good for man to be alone.

Gen 2:18 It is not good for man to be alone. 1 Cor 7:1 It is good for a man not to marry.

Eph 5:31-32 Marriage is a profound mystery. I am talking about Christ and the Church.

Eph 5:31-32 Marriage is a profound mystery. I am talking about Christ and the Church.

You can only understand marriage by understanding the Gospel.

Mt 26:28 This is the blood of the covenant, poured out for the forgiveness of sins.

COVENANT FRIEND- SHIP GOSPEL DISPLAY

Mt 19:6 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. What God has joined, let no one separate.”

Jn 6:37 Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

2 Tim 2:13 If we are faithless, He will remain faithful.

Perseverance

Forgiveness

Perseverance Forgiveness Character

Perseverance Forgiveness Character Love the unlovable

Perseverance Forgiveness Character Love the unlovable Christ-follower

Position

Strengthen

Position Strengthen Defend

Heb 8:10-12 This is the covenant I will make with Israel: I will forgive and remember their sins no more.

COVENANT FRIEND- SHIP GOSPEL DISPLAY

Jn 15:14 I no longer call you servants but friends.

Gen 2:18 Then God said, “It is not good for man to be ……. ”

Gen 2:18 Then God said, “It is not good for man to be ALONE”

SoS 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself. He is altogether lovely. This is my love, this is my friend.

Loyal

Vulnerable and honest

Loyal Vulnerable and honest Understands you

Loyal Vulnerable and honest Understands you Fun

Loyal Vulnerable and honest Understands you Fun Christ-follower

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2 Cor 5:20 We are Christ’s Ambassadors; God is making His appeal through us.

Eph 5:22,25 Husbands love your wives like Christ loves the Church. Wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

Mal 2:15 Has not the Lord made them one? And why one? Because he is seeking godly offspring. So do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Kids?

Headship & submission?

Kids? Headship & submission? Missional Living?

COVENANT FRIEND- SHIP GOSPEL DISPLAY