Ministry Matters™

Preaching on Marriage

By ministry_matters
Created on December 20th, 2012

About This Bin

As Valentine's Day approaches, there may be the need or opportunity to address issues of love, marriage, and when things don't go quite like expected. These articles offer insights to inform and inspire your preaching on these topics.
Growing Love in Christian Marriage Third Edition - Pastor's Manual

Growing Love in Christian Marriage Third Edition - Pastor's Manual

By multiple authors
This resource is ideal for clergy to use during pre-wedding counseling sessions. Pastor's Manual includes guidelines for mentoring couples. will help couples learn more about…
10 Ways to Keep Love Burning

10 Ways to Keep Love Burning

By Stephen Handy
Whether it was several months or decades ago, do you remember those wedding vows? You stood humbly before Almighty God and gazed lovingly into the eyes of your spouse and… read more
Saying 'I Do'

Saying 'I Do'

By Melissa Slocum
This weekend in London, Prince William of Wales—grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and successor to the thrones of the sixteen sovereign nations in the British… read more
Avoiding the Wedding Bell Blues

Avoiding the Wedding Bell Blues

By Barbara Day Miller
Every pastor or musician has at least one! I’m talking about “wedding stories,” those you-cannot-make-this-up happenings that are usually amusing—or at… read more
Blessed Alliance: Marriage and the Proverbs 31 Couple

Blessed Alliance: Marriage and the Proverbs 31 Couple

By Carolyn Custis James
For the six months leading up to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) the topic generating the most speculation and putting… read more
Baby-Proofing Marriages with Pre-Parental Ministries

Baby-Proofing Marriages with Pre-Parental Ministries

By Leslie Stanley-Stevens
Marriage is good. Married people consistently report being healthier and happier than single people. “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their… read more
5 Things that Will Destroy Your Marriage

5 Things that Will Destroy Your Marriage

By Pete Wilson
A 6-week sermon series from Pete Wilson, Cross Point Church. This series is the essential guide for anyone who is married. And a cheat sheet for anyone who hopes to be someday… read more
Can You Preach on Something You Haven't Mastered?

Can You Preach on Something You Haven't Mastered?

By Ron Edmondson
I often get emails from pastors wondering, Can I, as a pastor, preach about a subject that I know I’m struggling with or an area I know that I’m weak in? You may have … read more
Biblical Marriage: A Look at Love, Respect, and Submission

Biblical Marriage: A Look at Love, Respect, and Submission

By Jessica Miller Kelley
When I heard that Rachel Held Evans was calling her husband "master" for a week during her “Year of Biblical Womanhood,” my first thought (forgive my gutter-mind) was… read more
You Get the Silver, I Get the Church

You Get the Silver, I Get the Church

By Mary Jane Pierce Norton
One of thepainful rituals at the time of a divorce is dividing up the mutual possessions. In a similar way, many other items of the couple's life together are divided. One part of … read more
Blending Families

Blending Families

By Dick Dunn
When John and Susan decided to marry, neither of them thought that children from their previous marriages would interfere with their new marriage in any way. Susan's son was… read more
Preaching about Divorce on World Communion Sunday

Preaching about Divorce on World Communion Sunday

By Sarah McGiverin
October 7 is World Communion Sunday – a day for celebrating the worldwide church – for celebrating all that we hold in common with Christians everywhere. It is a day… read more
The Journey Toward Healing: Support After Divorce

The Journey Toward Healing: Support After Divorce

By Allynn Walker
No one hears the word of grace with as much gratitude as those whose lives have been painfully devoid of it.  It is the first night of the “Growing through… read more