The third stanza of the well-known hymn of a past generation summarises the theme of this passage very well: Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in his strength alone; the arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own. Put on
In one of his many sermons on the Ephesians marriage text, Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes, How many of us have realized that we are always to think of the married state in terms of the doctrine of the atonement? Is that our customary way of thinking
Marriage, God’s way, demands that husbands and wives know Jesus Christ as the way (John 14:6). This is the only way to keep a marriage from going astray. And, make no mistake, without this, it will. The gospel of Christ must be at the foundation
I have at times been chided for being tight-lipped about my family. That is, since I am careful to prudently guard my family’s privacy, I have historically been cautious about what I share with others concerning family matters. Of course, when I have sensed that
