Empty-centered arguments
I have the great privilege of serving as associate pastor at Union Hill Baptist Church. I get to preach there quite bit and yesterday I had more sermon than I could get preached! This blog post is, in part, a continuation of that sermon. You can listen to the whole thing here (the sermon starts at 13:20) but I'll give you a quick summary. Many of us are guilty of evaluating our marriage based on our own happiness. We can be guilty of considering our spouse's happiness only as it affects our own happiness and we only occasionally consider how God is glorified in our marriage. To be fair, this last criteria is only a reasonable expectation for Christians but that's who I want to talk to for a minute. God's glory and others' benefit is the primary filter that all our actions should run through to determine whether or not they are good or right. It is easy, however, to fall into the trap of calling whatever makes me happy good. Nearly every commercial, ad, an