Search results for: "relationships-family" (21)

Management: Managing Your Closest Relationships (1 Corinthians 13 Sermon Notes)

Sermon Notes

Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong...

Esther: A Harem Girl Grows into a Powerful Queen (Esther 4)

Article

Esther was a woman who thought she had no influence over her husband or over matters of importance. Yet a desperate...

“Honor Your Father and Your Mother” (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16)

Bible Commentary

The fifth commandment says that we must respect the most basic authority among human beings, that of parents for...

Jacob’s Transformation and Reconciliation with Esau (Genesis 32-33)

Bible Commentary

After increasing tension with his father-in-law and a business separation in which both men acted less than admirably,...

The First Murder (Genesis 4:1-25)

Bible Commentary

Genesis 4 details the first murder when Cain kills his brother Abel in a fit of angry jealousy. Both brothers bring the...

People Fall into Sin in Work (Genesis 3:1-24)

Bible Commentary

Adam's and Eve’s decisions stretch all the way to the modern workplace.

Calling to Life, Not Only to Work

Article

Although we are focusing on God’s call to work, work is only one element of life. God calls us to belong to Christ in...

Passion, Family and Work (Song of Songs 3:1-8:5)

Bible Commentary

In a series of songs, the text describes the marriage of the man and woman and their coming together. The woman yearns...

Best of Daily Reflections: When Family Relationships Are Difficult

Daily Reflection

Absalom’s name meant "son of peace," but his life was anything but that.

Best of Daily Reflections: Trouble Brewing

Daily Reflection

Once again, the blunt honesty of the biblical text commands our attention. Isaac and Rebekah had twin sons, Esau and...

Best of Daily Reflections: A Curious Tangent or the Main Point?

Daily Reflection

Just about every commentary on Ephesians labels 5:22-33 something like “Instructions for Marriage,” and for good...

Making Sense of Your Life: David, Facing a Parent’s Worst Nightmare (2 Samuel 13-18 Sermon Notes)

Sermon Notes

Selections from 2 Samuel 13-18 2 Samuel 18:33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As...