Bible, theology, culture, etc.
There is a “bikini barista” coffee hut down the street from my church. I pass it daily on my way into the office. It is next to a main road, easily visible by all, yet always has cars (pick-up trucks, to be precise) in the drive-thru. Sometimes I wonder what would compel a girl to … Continue reading Sex Is About a Face, Not a Body
Utopian Sex Each new mornNew widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrowsStrike heaven on the face1 What if they didn’t? Imagine a new morn where… No cries from abused children drift up.No soldiers bleed into the black soil.No sewer waste or plastic rings that strangle sea turtles float in the streams.No parents telling their kids … Continue reading The End of Sex
Everyone knows that getting married means surrendering your freedom, losing independence, and dooming yourself to a life of limited career options, unsatisfying sex, and monotonous doldrums, right? Don’t most marriages end in divorce anyways? Why suffer the institution of a bygone era that cements you into a legal relationship? Well, Brad Wilcox, a Professor of … Continue reading Get Married: Surprising Statistics
https://youtu.be/ArhvgrFFeJw Paige Benton, in an article titled, “Singled Out by God for Good,” opens with this: “Had I any vague premonition of my present plight when I was six, I would have demanded that Stephen Herbison (incontestably the catch of the second grade) put his marriage proposal into writing and have it notarized. I do … Continue reading Singleness and Marriage (1 Cor 7:32-40)
https://youtu.be/LOu-u5m00VU “The days are long, but the years are short.” These are words all parents of young children hear. Usually, it is given by someone older and wiser when the young parent is looking particularly haggard and road weary. The child tries to flush their shoe down the toilet or stick a crayon up their … Continue reading Living Like It’s the End (1 Cor 7:25-31)
https://youtu.be/eUjtxlAd5hs What is the secret to being happy? If you are unhappy, the problem is either (1) your circumstances or (2) you. We have a lot of ground to cover today, so I’ll cut to the chase: Paul doesn’t think the problem with our lack of contentment is our circumstances. 10 To the married I … Continue reading Live as You Were Called (1 Cor 7:10-24)
https://youtu.be/DudDkmQybjk The Bible is God’s inspired, infallible, and inerrant word. “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work,” (2 Tim 3:16-17). One test of whether or not we believe that … Continue reading Sex, Marriage, and Singleness (1 Cor 7:1-9)
https://youtu.be/zpaYUu1UEZs Sex and marriage have often been a place where the world and the church divide. Our cultural morays around sex have long since left the idea of sex being restricted to marriage. So, today people are getting married later and later in life, having fewer and fewer children, or foregoing marriage and children entirely. … Continue reading The Power of Sex (1 Cor 6:15-20)
There are plenty of resources out there that answer other questions about what marriage is and is not. I do not intend to answer those questions in this article, at least not directly. My aim here is to imagine I were sitting down with you in my office to discuss how to respond to a real, flesh and … Continue reading I’ve Been Invited to a Same-Sex Wedding. What Do I Do?
The following is an unedited sermon manuscript; for an explanation of my sermon manuscripts, click here. No sermon audio available *Originally preached August 22nd, 2021* Throughout the Bible God depicts His relationship with His people in many different ways: like a Father and a son; like a King and His subjects; like a friend. One way … Continue reading Husband and Wife in Christ (Eph 5:22-33)
Marc Sims 