Sermon
Marriage as Ministry Power
By Tim Keller
Sermon
Submit to One Another
Tim Keller | August 16, 1998
Overview
Whenever we listen or read about marriage we bring our own filters. We have filters based on our experiences and cultures.
So before we pick at this passage in Ephesians 5, let’s stand back and consider that the passage presents a view of marriage that may be challenging to our very filters. Because the biblical model of marriage is neither optimistic nor pessimistic about human nature, and it’s neither traditional nor modern.
Let’s look at it. The model of marriage in this passage has three things to it: 1) a power, 2) a purpose, and 3) a pointer.
Related
This Month's Featured Book
Make Sense of Your Life with Jesus as King
In this book, Tim Keller goes to the Gospel of Mark and walks through it to help readers see how Jesus is at once cosmic, historical, and personal. As you read, you’ll discover that we can only make sense of our own life by looking at the life of Jesus.
