Marriage – Three Minute Bible

March 20, 2025March 21, 2025

Colossians 3:19 – True Love

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Summary: Paul is giving advice to married couples, and while it may sound like he is stating the obvious, a closer examination shows us more of what he means.

I feel like all I need to say for this meditation is, “Yeah, husband, lighten up!” But it is more complicated than that, isn’t it?

“Love” is a word that is horribly overused in our society. The Greeks used many different words to describe various kinds of love. All of them were different!

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

Galatians 5:22h – Bride & Groom

But the fruit of the Spirit is … faithfulness …

Summary: Faithfulness is a word best understood by looking at its opposite, unfaithfulness.

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023

Ephesians 5:21 – The Answer to Everything

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Summary: “Me first” is a concept that goes back to the beginning of human history. It is the essence of our sinful nature rolled up into two words. Putting Christ first in our lives radically changes this concept, turning it upside down and inside out.

February 18, 2023February 18, 2023

Ephesians 1:11a – The Predestined Choice

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined …

Summary: Being “chosen” and “predestined” might sound like a contradiction, but only from a human point of view. God’s point of view of our lives is quite different.

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021

Ephesians 5: 21 — A Marriage Blessing

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Summary: Weddings are an exciting time. They mark a point in life where everything changes. My prayer for the two people getting married today is that this change opens the door to an abundance of blessings from God.

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

1 Peter 3:7 (a) — The Cost of New

Picture: Close-up photo of two wedding rings.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives…

Peter has instructed wives and now turns his attention to the husbands. He begins, “… in the same way….” In the same way as what?

To find the answer, we have to go back to Chapter 3, verse 1. Peter writes, “Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands.” Wait a minute. In the same way as — what?

If we go back to Chapter 2, verse 21, we read: “To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.”