Idaho marriage law is very clear on what constitutes a marriage, persons who may marry, and how the law instructs the courts to treat marriages that violate this public policy. Yet everyone believes the Supreme Court opinion in 2015. Where is a county courthouse in the state of Idaho willing to follow the law of…
Marriage
Preparing for Marriage
In a day where biblical marriage is under attack in every arena of our culture, including false churches masquerading as the church, we must give careful biblical attention to this creation of God. I’ve just recently finished a series of messages on marriage and submit it here for consideration to strengthen your marriage and to…
Jealous People Pick Fights
Sunday evening at Eastside Baptist Church. This is the most recent message in the series of messages on family and marriage.
Sunday Nights at Eastside
Through the remainder of 2017 I will be address biblical marriage on Sunday nights. It is my hope that you would consider attending the Sunday night gatherings of Eastside Baptist Church. This is not just a “how to improve your marriage” series, this is as much a series of messages for the youth and young…
Comply or Get Out of the Way
Judge Williams from Alabama, County Clerk Kim Davis from Kentucky, County Clerk Criner from Texas have not bowed, along with legal counsel from liberty Counsel; all convinced the Supreme Court was wrong in the June ruling in favor of redefining marriage to include same-sex couples. Judge Williams; “when you’re elected, you don’t check your beliefs…
What Can a County Clerk Do?
“To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God’s definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience.” Kim Davis – Rowan County, Kentucky Kim Davis, a county clerk from Kentucky, is doing what governors and county sheriff’s won’t do. They tell us their hands are tied by the law…
Imitating Marriage
As the hearing began today at the highest court level I see again that people want to claim what is not theirs by force and by imitating the original. Only what is real and has value is ever imitated. Cheap knock offs are never imitated. Marriage between one man and one woman is ordained by…
A Sacred Occasion
This afternoon Eastside Baptist Church adopted new policy, based on Scripture, to help wedding parties understand with clarity that Eastside Baptist Church does not approve, condone, participate in or in any way recognize any marriage that is not between one man and one woman. The full policy is posted at www.esbcTwinFalls.com Eastside Southern Baptist Church Wedding…
The War on Marriage Looks Like This
Born again believer of the Lord Jesus Christ. Know this, the war on marriage is in full contact mode. The Human Rights Campaign has launched this kind of ad in Mississippi. I expect this, and others, on the national front soon to follow. The target of the campaign? The church. Prepare your emotions, give instruction…
Certain Persons Have Crept in Unnoticed
The Bible makes itself clear that homosexuality is not, nor ever has been a lifestyle that God blesses. Homosexuality does not, contrary to sentiment of the day, bring the favor of God upon the union or the land. There is a great deal of civil complexity in this matter of same-sex marriage. No one denies…