Marriage
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I had a great conversation with a friend the other day about what it means to lead in marriage. Ephesians 5:22 is clear. The call of a husband is to ‘love their wives like Christ loved the church’. The question becomes, what does that look like in different areas of marriage? I think that one…
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God expects a lot from men. Especially husbands and fathers. This is consistent throughout Scripture, but here’s a few verses that speak to this idea.
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About a year ago, I wrote a post on why I blog. One of the reasons I stated was that a blog is a way to teach others what you’re learning. This requires some vulnerability… So here’s something I’m learning. Really a confession. I am prone to be distracted.
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Before I got married, I had a lot of ideas about what it meant to spiritually lead my wife. Most of them weren’t good. Mainly because my view of spiritually leading was mostly about talking. Whether I knew it or not, I pictured passing wisdom on to my wife, her learning from my vast banks…
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I married up. Big time. No doubt about it. I think I would have said that when I first got married, but I don’t know if I really believed it. And not because I was prideful and self-absorbed (though that’s probably true) but because I think I didn’t really know how great Katie was.
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What is your motivation for pursuing holiness? When it comes down to it, what is motivating you to kill sin and live a life that is set apart to God? It’s easy to talk about holiness, but in reality, it is tough work to pursue it.
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There isn’t a whole lot of marriage-specific teaching in the Bible. The two most common passages used to teach a Biblical foundation of marriage are Genesis 2 and Ephesians 5. In studying the Genesis 2 text recently, I was blown away by something I never realized. One Hebrew word… Echad.
MATT C MURPHY 