Church Is Messy: Welcome Home - Marriage
Today, Rick and Svea examine Ephesians 5 and what Paul says (and doesn’t say) about marriage, our presuppositions, and our culture. By applying this chapter to all relationships, what can the family of believers learn about the gospel way of life?
Topics Discussed in this Episode
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:42 Welcome to new listeners
- 02:40 Church should be a comfortable, restful, and safe place - a family
- 06:55 What could single people take away from a message on marriage
- 08:44 All of the Christian life is meant to put others first - mutual submission is a command to all believers
- 10:05 Reflecting, resisting, or redeeming our culture
- 12:33 Presuppositionalism
- 16:15 What are the differences between Jewish thought and Grecco-Roman thought on marriage?
- 21:19 Ephesians 5: Putting the needs of the other person first.
- 23:14 Submission: I voluntarily choose your lead or your need over my agenda.
- 25:21 Does the church family’s mutual submission look different from a married couple’s mutual submission?
- 31:09 Unity: what we “remember” the text saying vs what it actually says
- 33:48 Scripture wasn’t written in a vacuum. How do you live for Christ within the culture you are a part of? An example of Christians redeeming Roman culture.
- 37:34 The Bible does not say the husband is the head (authority) of the house. The husband is the head, and the wife is the body - they are unified.
