A Sermon Worth Repeating

Well, in my internet travels today I came across Doug Phillips blog and THIS sermon, by Martin Luther, which he so graciously posted.

What the World has to say about marriage and childbearing is non-sense and foolishness. I particularly enjoyed the part of the sermon which glorified the work of the woman in labor, as being subservient to the Will of God and a worthwhile endeavor whether it ended in her death or not. God be praised, it is for HIS glory and not my own, what a refreshing revelation.

(Hmm, something strange going on in WordPress… so here is the link directly instead of imbedded.)

http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/2007/08/2905.aspx

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2 Responses to “A Sermon Worth Repeating”

  1. Arthur Eiss Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    Yay Meg! Way to keep the main thing the main thing! You don’t just comment on the foolishness of culture, you re-direct the focus toward God, which is excatly the point and what is so often missing on Christian blogs today!

  2. Elizabeth Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    I don’t remember how I came across your blog. The first entry I came across was the “Confused Child” entry, and I agreed wholeheartedly. However I did read your page on divorce, and while I agree with almost everything, I did have one part to address: what about abuse? This is something I struggled with over the years watching women come into church bruised and bleeding, WITH their husbands, and saying that “he didn’t mean it” and that “God had joined them.”

    This was what I disagreed with - that the men could claim to be men of Christ and that the women were brainwashed by the men to believe that the men were still acting under God and out of love, when the men were acting of their own will. I came to the conclusion eventually that God - our just and merciful God - did NOT join the two together in order for the one to be abused, and if the other decides to be the abuser, he is acting as an unbeliever.

    A few weeks ago I came across an article in Christianity Today (http://www.ctlibrary.com/50329) that shed new light on the issue. So while I still believe that God hates divorce and would discourage and encourage reconciliation if possible, He would not be against the idea of a woman taking herself and her children away from a situation in which is physically and possibly life-threatening. It also addresses the “agunah” situation in Israel - all the abandoned women who are not cared for by society because they are neither widows nor single women who are free to remarry.

    I don’t know what your thoughts are on this - please email me; I’d like to hear what you think.

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