The Passive (5 of 7)

John 18:1-40 We're in week #5 of our Can't Believe series in which we're looking through the Gospel of John at 7 different kinds of people who couldn't bring themselves to believe in Jesus. This weekend w...

This Light and Momentary Marriage (1 of 6)

First Love Intro: Summit, at all campuses, we are launching on a 6-­-week series today called First Love: Building Gospel-­-Centered Relationships. The one area that provides the most joy and the most hearta...

One Simple Question (2 of 6)

Introduction: Couple of important points from last week: First, there are no married people issues; only single people issues that get worse in marriage. Marriage doesn't create problems; it merely exposes them...

Friendship and Communication (3 of 6)

Introduction: I sent you out last weekend with the assignment to ask significant relationships in your life, ''What can I do to serve you?'' I've heard some great stories... One guy told me he asked his boss an...

The Passive (5 of 7)

We're in week #5 of our Can't Believe series in which we're looking through the Gospel of John at 7 different kinds of people who couldn't bring themselves to believe in Jesus. This weekend we're going to lo...

Sexual Immorality: Beyond Body Parts & Nerve Endings

Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:18-20)

Husbands, Love Your Wives

From the sermon series "Family Business" As we've been looking into this passage of Scripture on the biblical teaching of marriage and family, we've been using the analogy of a pair of scissors. We've seen Paul is very fair and balanced as he addresses the people involved in these relationships.

Love and Submission

When people get married, they often say, "We have decided to "tie the knot." Given the numbers of people who are deciding not to tie the knot at the present time, I think that is an admirable decision. I try to point out to them that when we think in terms of Christian marriage, it's not so much two people deciding to tie the knot as God deciding to join two people together. It's not so much a human decision as a divine action. Marriage is all about God joining two people together. I say this on no less of an authority than Jesus Christ Himself. In fact, He went even further, saying, "Whom God, therefore, has joined together, no man should separate!"