CBWC Theology for the Ordinary

Marriage, Celibacy and Bodies: Bodies and Nature

In this episode we will look at Romans 1.  Here we are given a brief history of God and humans, so we know why we all need Christ so badly.  Humans have stirred up God's wrath by pushing down the truth, holding down the truth.  That's where this begins.  

Marriage Celibacy and Bodies: Marriage and Celibacy Choices

Why is it better not to marry? When it is better to marry? Why should we not get too worked up about either one?  In today's podcast we will look at 1 Corinthians 7 for advice for unmarried people for whom marriage is a real option.  There is also some guidance here for those who have no choice in these things.

Marriage, Celibacy and Bodies: The Real Marriage

God designed marriage because he designed people in his image and likeness, and that image and likeness in male and female was patterned after Christ and the Church.  In this episode, based on Ephesians 5, we will see how God intended our human marriages to imitate the real marriage.
 
 

Marriage, Celibacy and Bodies: Yahweh’s People Among Egyptians and Canaanites

God never suggested that Israel should improve the Egyptians or the Canaanites.  They were not God's people, so why should they live in God's ways.  So what does God want from His people?

Marriage, Celibacy and Bodies: Marriage, Divorce, and Jesus the Eunuch

In this episode we see that when it comes to marriage, Jesus takes us back to the beginning, back to creation in Genesis.  He also lays out for us the two ways that those in the kingdom are to live and puts himself in one of those categories.

Marriage, Celibacy and Bodies: One Becomes Two, Two Becomes One

In this second creation story, based on Genesis 2, the creation of male and female is about bodies.  One body at the start, which God makes into two.  The two are made out of one so that the two bodies would come back together again.

Marriage, Celibacy and Bodies: God’s Marriage Covenant with Male and Female

The Bible has two creation stories, Genesis 1 and Genesis 2.  They are different from each other, but these two stories together give us the Bible's essential picture of marriage.  This episode discusses the first story in Genesis 1.
 

Revelation 21-22, part 2: Our Dream Home

After all the battles, judgements and turmoil are over, what's it like to be with God?  That's what the end of Revelation wants to answer for us.

Revelation 21-22, part 1: God’s Dream Home

When God thinks about heaven, what is He thinking about?  What kind of place is He imagining? What is He looking forward to?  In this episode, Ed will speak about God's dream home.

Revelation 20

Who rules earth? That is what Revelation 20 wants to answer.  The 1,000 years describe a time when there is a great change in who influences and shapes earth.