Learning What To Love

It's exciting to see all of the young families and young singles that are a part of our Brown Street family. There were 49 people in one of our young adult classes this last week; also a herd of  young kids in our Children's worship. I don't know if you'd call kids a herd or not, but there sure was a lot of them and they were all excited.

In Mark chapter 10 Jesus tells the story of the rich young man who was raised in a good family. It is obvious that he was raised in a good family because he had kept The Commandments not to murder, steal, commit adultery or to bear false witness; he honored his mother and his father. However, as Jesus questioned him more, He found out that the young man lacked one thing.

Under Attack!

All over America the traditional view of marriage is under attack.  More and more babies are being born outside of marriage.  Our society is rapidly accepting the incorrect view that homosexuality is a sanctioned form of marriage and more and more traditional families are being broken up by divorce.

The real question is what was Jesus' view of marriage?  In  Matthew chapter 19 and Luke chapter 10 we get a good view of what our Savior believed about marriage.  Today we will be looking at what marriage really is.  Then we will take a look at the intimate nature of the marriage relationship.  We will also examine the permanency of marriage.

How Great Is God's Desire To Save Us?

In Luke chapter 15 Jesus gives us three powerful stories that demonstrate God's desire to save His people.  First, there is a man with a hundred sheep who loses one and when he finds it Jesus says, "He calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'"

Next, our Lord tells the story of a woman who has lost one of her ten silver coins and when she finds the one she's lost, once again He says, "She calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I found my lost coin.'"