Marriage and Covenant Part 2

Genesis 2:18-25
Marriage and Covenant,
Law and Love, Part Two
Sermon Notes for August 19, 2012 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri
Marriage, Part Four

Introduction - Keller - Power, Essence, Purpose

I. The Text - The First Marriage Covenant - Mal. 2:14; Ezek. 16:8; Pr. 2:17
A. Five Part Model
B. Personal Structural Bond
II. The Power of Promising
A. Controlling the Unpredictable - The Power of Promising by Lewis Smedes
B. Promising, Identity, Freedom and Society
III. Manning Up - From Childish (Aesthetic) to Mature (Ethical) Love - Soren Kierkegaard
IV. "Ought" ("Due One's Duty") Commanded Love Is First; Actions Then Feeling (Both Ways)
A. Love, Actions and Attitudes - Lev. 19:15-18
B. The Goodness and Importance of Proper Feelings and thus, Proper Actions