Pastor Mark & Grace

The Success Sequence

This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here.  Song of Songs 8:10 – I am a wall… Sociological research has come up with something called the “success … Read more

The Wrong Question

This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here.  Song of Songs 8:4 – Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.  If you’re a single … Read more

From One Family to Multiple Families

Genesis 2:24 – Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. When a new couple gets married, one of the biggest things each of their parents needs to realize is that neither one is marrying into one family or the other, but instead they’re … Read more

Sabbath With Your Spouse

Deuteronomy 5:12 – Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. When we were first married, we got into a bad habit of not getting a weekly Sabbath day off or planning for holidays and vacations. We had “good” reasons to justify our overwork. In college, we were very broke, … Read more

The Reminder Shovel

Romans 8:1 – There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here.  After another argument … Read more

The Oar of Forgiveness

Ephesians 4:32 – Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here.  Yesterday, we … Read more

The Oar of Repentance

Song of Songs 6:3 (NIV) – I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies. This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click … Read more

Hardness of heart

2 Corinthians 10:5 – …take every thought captive to obey Christ… Exodus 9:12 – But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses. This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the … Read more

Taking Thoughts Captive

2 Corinthians 10:5 – …take every thought captive to obey Christ… This contains excerpts from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here.  At this point in the Song of Songs story, … Read more