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Defending God's Design for Sexuality

Bev DeLashmutt

Sex is God's design for a relational act of bonding and becoming one flesh within marriage. God meets the Christian's need for union first by uniting them with Himself, and then with other believers. This is where they learn to successfully love on an intimate level.

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Balancing Family and Ministry

Patrice McCormac

Ephesians 2:10

Balancing family and community is challenging but possible. The Bible instructs God's followers to be givers and receivers of love. There are so many benefits to our children when we commit to living in community. Looking at schedules and carefully considering what is most important to prioritize will help us succeed. Being creative and allowing for interruptions is also important. Including kids and others to help get odds and ends done incorporates ministry and family life in one. This way of living requires faith in God and an awareness of Satan who wants to sabotage this way of living.\r\n

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Patriarchy or Serving Love

Dennis McCallum

1 Peter 3:1-9

Throughout God's Word, God makes it clear that all people have equality and should live a life that is characterized by love for one another. Peter addresses a patriarchal society's view on marriage and instructs husbands and wives specifically within the culture's perspective. God displays high value of women in his Word and He calls for a different approach to marriage. A marriage centered around God will be able to stand out to others. Includes reading from Karen Jobes' book, 1 Peter and personal testimony from Amanda.

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Marriage Evangelism

Scott Risley

1 Peter 3:1-9

In many different religions and cultures, women are not respected and have no rights. The Bible, however, has a high view of women. Peter is speaking to Christian wives who have non-Christian husbands. He explains how to live as Christians while loving and submitting to their husbands. Peter advises these women to a silent witness in order to win their husbands over by their behavior: respecting their husbands, avoiding casting suspicion, and not focusing on the world's view of beauty. Peter also calls on husbands to honor their wives by being faithful, gentle, and considering their needs.

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The Terms of the Covenant Cont.

Dennis McCallum

Exodus 20:12-14

Unlike the first four commandments, the following 10 Commandments now begin to focus on relationships with others. The three addressed in these verses show: the nuclear family is ordained by God, humans are too valuable to murder and adultery is both a damaging and morally wrong act. Through the New Covenant brought by Jesus today we are no longer under law but under grace.

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Christian Sexuality

Gary DeLashmutt

1 Thessalonians 4:1-10

Paul describes to the Thessalonians ways in which they can live to please God. He begins with instructions about Christian sexuality. These moral guidelines are for Christians. God's design for sexuality is that it is to be enjoyed within the confines of a heterosexual, monogamous marriage and that all other sexual relations outside of this are outside of God's Will. On a positive note, Paul highlights that committing to God's stance on sexuality allows for the maximum amount of real service towards another in marriage and prevents real catastrophic damage that comes when God's way is neglected. What we think and decide to do in the area of sexuality can have a great effect on our personal relationship with Jesus.

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Grow Your Marriage - Group Leader Training (Part 1)

Doug Franck

1 Corinthians 9:22

Grow Your Marriage is a product of Search Ministries, Inc. and is designed as a workshop to help ease couples into a setting where they can learn about biblical principles that can help their marriage. This class describes the overall outline of the class, including the target audience, topics discussed, guideline for invitations, group assignments, goals, and follow up. This is presented in the hopes that other people will use the material to start their own workshops in their neighborhoods and communities.

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Hospitality - How to Make Your Home a Welcoming Place

Patrice McCormac

1 Corinthians 9:22

The words entertainment and hospitality are often used interchangeably, but they are quite different from each other. Entertaining seeks to impress and places things before people, causing us to worry about making sure the house is clean and well-decorated. Hospitality puts people before things and is a demonstration of sacrificial love, that we welcome friends and strangers into our home and give generously to them. As we look at the true definition of hospitality, analyze what really makes people feel welcome into a home, and make a plan to get started, we can move toward answering God's call in this area of our lives.

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Sex and Spiritual Growth

Scott Risley

Matthew 19:5

Paul gives direction to the Thessalonians on how to view sex and how they are sanctified by adopting God's view of sex. There is a contrast between the world's view of sex, porneia, and God's view of sex in marriage. The cultural norm for sex is critiqued, and a vision is put forth for what it looks like to have God at the center of relationships.

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