Podcast
Marriage
The Salt Company - Ames
Speaker: Mark Vance
October 10, 2024 · 49 min
MarriageSexualityDating & SinglenessGod's SovereigntyGenesis 2:18–25Matthew 19:4–12Ephesians 5:31–32
Summary
God designed marriage as a covenant between one man and woman for life, where sexual expression flourishes safely within that commitment. The sermon contrasts cultural marriage rejection and redefinition with Christian marriage obsession, calling listeners to a biblical view that honors marriage as good but not essential to human flourishing, with singleness equally valid.
Highlights
Marriage is not a magic pill, guys, that will make you instantly holy. Lust and pornography is not driven by sexual desires, but sexual selfishness. And you won't become magically not selfish when you put a ring on it.
The loneliest people I know in the world aren't single, they're married. The loneliest people in the world are people who are married, but in a miserable marriage.
The temptation for many who are single is to compare the downs of singleness with the ups of marriage. Our common assumption that marriage is better or easier is simply not true. Both marriage and singleness are good. Both marriage and singleness are hard.