we are pressing on into our season of The Tensions. We have explored our tensions with God, ourselves, and our faith tradition. It is time now for us to consider relational tensions: the tensions we experience with others, be that in our marriages, friendships, or communities.
Many years ago, I did a sermon entitled Sex on a Ladder, which we will return to in the next few weeks, but for this series, I wanted to expand on that teaching by going wider, deeper, and further. So, to begin, we are going on an odyssey adventure: A Brief History of Marriage.
We have some fun and wild places to explore. History is a strange and fascinating beast, so we will start by debunking eight myths about the history of marriage (for instance, did marriage come about to protect or oppress women?). Then, we will explore why the Church was largely silent about marriage for 1200 years and the four main reasons the Church got into the business of solemnizing marriages (I am confident they will surprise you).
Along the way we will learn about the most common case brought before courts in the Middle Ages (it has to do with marriage) and the rather uncomfortable ritual men had to undergo to annul a marriage (Kristen won’t even let me share the more "juicy" details of the ritual).
We will of course land in our present day to discover the two social factors and pressures that are placing more tension on marriages today than ever before.
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Vision Over Visibility (S11 Episode7)
Bumping into God (S11 Episode 6)
Enchanted (S11 Episode 5)
The Goat on the Cow (S11 Episode 4)
Double Rainbow (S11 Episode 3)
The Second Decade (S11 Episode 2)
Yoked (S11 Episode 1)
Conversations In A Tree (SX Episode 33)
What We Lose Without Physical Resurrection (SX Episode 32)
Easter Sunday: On Fire (SX Episode 31)
Good Friday: Where Is God At A Time Like This? (SX Episode 30)
Surprise Me Bible (SX Episode 29)
Moving Beyond (SX Episode 28)
When the Floods Come (SX Episode 27)
Fear Not? (SX Episode 26)
This Time It's Personal (SX Episode 25)
Bounded vs Centered (SX Episode 24)
Weaponized Scripture (SX Episode 23)
The Disrupter (SX Episode 22)
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