Marriage – The Arnold Journey

Offensive!

Mark 10:7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,’ There are so many cultural hot-button issues these days. You know, the topics that when discussed can cause tempers to rise and even fists to land on cuffs. These flashpoints are at the divide of veryContinue reading “Offensive!”

Deuteronomy 27:9

Deuteronomy 27:9 Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God. I enjoy citizenship ceremonies. Something happens in a moment that transforms the identity of an individual. One moment they are not a citizen and the next theyContinue reading “Deuteronomy 27:9”

Deuteronomy 1:32-33 From Holy to Mundane

Deuteronomy 1:32-33 In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, 33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go. So many people start offContinue reading “Deuteronomy 1:32-33 From Holy to Mundane”

Marriage Bed – Hebrews 13:4

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. In case you haven’t noticed it lately, there is an assault on marriage and the Biblical view of sexual relationships. It has been happening since the early 1960’s, and hasContinue reading “Marriage Bed – Hebrews 13:4”

Honoring Sexuality

Here is a link to my sermon from this past week. I shared the role of sexuality in the Life God Gives series here at Keystone Church of the Nazarene here in Okinawa Japan. Just in case the link above doesn’t work, here it is ready to copy and paste into your browser. http://ftp.keystonenazarene.org/audio/2016-5-15.mp3 AndContinue reading “Honoring Sexuality”

Just Words

Mark 10:7-9 There are few places where our culture clashes with the Truth of God than in passages like this. It lays out God’s role in creating man and woman, and the institution of marriage. There are no grey lines here, no dashes or dots, no easy escape, no get out of jail freeContinue reading “Just Words”

Exceptions

Mark 10:5-6 One of the tendencies we have is to find the exception to the rule and then figure out a way to expand them so that we can do the thing we are told not to do. We put a meal on the business expense account, even though the ‘client’ we met withContinue reading “Exceptions”

A Lone Ranger

Proverbs 11:14 Being the leader can be a lonely task, but it shouldn’t be a task done alone. The leader bears the responsibility for the decisions made, but they shouldn’t make the decisions alone. The consequences for not having a group of advisors you trust to tell you the truth even when they disagree withContinue reading “A Lone Ranger”