Week 4, Part B:

Week #4, Part B:

I’ve edited a recording of a message I did at Covington Bible Church, a couple of years ago.  I’ll present it here in several sections.  In between the sections there are some things for you to think about.

Before we begin the video, get your Bible out and read out loud—I’m not kidding; read it so you can hear it—Ephesians 5:15-6:4.  Read it in whatever language and translation you want.  If you want to follow along as I read, click here, or if the link doesn’t work go to the Week 4 folder and open the file.

Avoiding the Pitfalls, #1.  (It’s titled “Pitfalls #1.mp4,” and is in the Week 4 folder, or watch it on Youtube   ).

While this message is most clearly and directly addressed to husbands, because it comes from a passage of Scripture that is definitive concerning marriage it applies to all of us.  As you watch the second section ask yourself. 

How does this apply to me?

Avoiding the Pitfalls, #2.  (It’s titled “Pitfalls #2, and is in the week 4 folder, or watch it on Youtube )

Do you remember the Abbott and Costello video about the baseball team? 

Baseball is different than some other sports.  Take basketball for an example.  Sure, there are various positions on a basketball team.  The center and the point-guard have different functions, but in many ways they are the same.  Shooting, dribbling, playing defense, and learning to look completely innocent when the referee calls a foul on you, are skills that every player needs to master.  In baseball different players have very different skills they must master, and roles they must play.  Compare a catcher to center-fielder, or a short-stop to a first- baseman, or most radically, look at what is required from a pitcher and a designated-hitter.  The pitcher’s function is to keep the other team from scoring.  The designated-hitter’s function is to score.  One is totally defensive, the other completely offensive.  Yet, and this is a big YET, both are committed to the same goal—winning.  In marriage, everyone is to submit to everyone else (This applies all the way down to parents submitting to their children.), but each of us does that in a different way.

Avoiding the Pitfalls, #3.  (It’s titled “Pitfalls #3”, and is in the week 4 folder, or watch it here on Youtube .)

I told you, we’d come back to this.

10)  Using Piper, anything you have gained from me, and any other resource you choose, give your view of the roles of wives and husbands in the family.  This should be between one paragraph and one page in length.  If need be, I’ll send it back to you to work on some more.

Make sure you keep up with the work scheduled on the syllabus, in this week’s lesson, and in the email I sent you at the beginning of the week.

Resources used in this week’s session:

The video clips of Howard Merrell speaking come from a message he shared at Covington Bible Church May 25, 2014.  You can get the entire message here, http://www.truthcasting.com/player.aspx#showSermon=96209

This Momentary Marriage is one of our course texts.  Information is in the syllabus.