Family Matters
Simple Messages for Complex Relationships
Ready for Marriage
January 7, 2018 • Keith Crosby
How does one know whom to date or marry? How does one know if they are ready for marriage? Join us as we apply the character principles of leadership to the search for a spouse, or to our own preparation for marriage, in this closing sermon of the Family Matters Series.
Family Matters: A Tale of Two Prodigals, Part 2
November 26, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Not all prodigals are equal in appearance or conduct. Often, they fly beneath the radar while in the home. Identifying them early enables us to more capably point them to the Savior. In today’s message, we see that there was another prodigal present.
Family Matters: A Tale of Two Prodigals, Part 1
November 19, 2017 • Keith Crosby
So-called ‘prodigals’ present Christian families with knotty problems in terms of how to respond, or how to think about them (saved or unsaved; Christian or non-Christian). Today, we begin a discussion of parenting prodigals.
Family Matters: Spiritual Warfare, Battlefield You Part 2
November 5, 2017 • Keith Crosby
People often think of spiritual warfare in terms of demonic possession and indigenous people, along with some missionaries hiding under the bed instead of understanding that God is sovereign. Spiritual warfare also includes our culture and many churches seduced by ideologies, philosophies, and secularized thinking. Spiritual warfare also includes the battle for the mind. It includes the marketplace of idea. Our talk views this perspective in terms of family matters.
Family Matters: Spiritual Warfare, Battlefield You Part 1
October 29, 2017 • Keith Crosby
People often think of spiritual warfare in terms of demonic possession and indigenous people, along with some missionaries hiding under the bed instead of understanding that God is sovereign. Spiritual warfare also includes our culture and many churches seduced by ideologies, philosophies, and secularized thinking. Spiritual warfare also includes the battle for the mind. It includes the marketplace of idea. Our talk views this perspective in terms of family matters.
Family Matters It Takes a Good Wife Part 2
October 22, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Women have it rough in this world, have had it rough throughout history, have it rough in marriage in general, and have it rough even in Christian marriages. Men and women often fail to understand and embrace their respective roles within marriage. Our series on Family Matters includes discussion of the roles and goals of men (husbands) and women (wives) in the context of marriage and the family. Today, we focus on what it takes to be a good wife, according to God’s Word.
Family Matters It Takes a Good Wife Part 1
October 15, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Women have it rough in this world, have had it rough throughout history, have it rough in marriage in general, and have it rough even in Christian marriages. Men and women often fail to understand and embrace their respective roles within marriage. Our series on Family Matters includes discussion of the roles and goals of men (husbands) and women (wives) in the context of marriage and the family. Today, we focus on what it takes to be a good wife, according to God’s Word.
Family Matters It Takes a Good Husband Part 2
October 8, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Family matters matter to God and so they should matter to us. A good marriage requires a good husband and wife team. Good husbands are made, they aren’t born. Today we discuss the three in one role of a good husband. A good husband is: a lover, a learner, and a leader.
Family Matters It Takes a Good Husband Part 1
October 1, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Family matters matter to God and so they should matter to us. A good marriage requires a good husband and wife team. Good husbands are made, they aren’t born. Today we discuss the three in one role of a good husband. A good husband is: a lover, a learner, and a leader.
Family Matters It Takes a Marriage Part 2
September 17, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Family matters matter to God and so they should matter to us. Family can be a blessing and a course. Those we love dear and those who hurt us most are often our family members. But what is a family? Why is there a family? What role does marriage play in family? Why is marriage important. As we begin this series we will start with the institution of marriage and its purposes and God’s plan for marriage, family, the church, and society. But first things first. To have a family, it takes a marriage.
Family Matters - It Takes a Marriage Part 1
September 10, 2017 • Keith Crosby
Family matters matter to God and so they should matter to us. Family can be a blessing and a course. Those we love dear and those who hurt us most are often our family members. But what is a family? Why is there a family? What role does marriage play in family? Why is marriage important. As we begin this series we will start with the institution of marriage and its purposes and God’s plan for marriage, family, the church, and society. But first things first. To have a family, it takes a marriage.