Playlist: Wife of One's Youth (topic)
Childrearing (Part One)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe prophet Malachi addresses the treachery of divorcing the wife of one's youth in order to marry the daughter of a foreign god. Such action profanes the covenant and covers the altar with tears because the Lord serves as witness between the man and the woman joined by covenant. God made husband and wife one, sustaining them by …
Malachi's Appeal to Backsliders (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe phrase "wife of one's youth" emerges directly from Malachi 2:14, where the prophet confronts the men of Judah for dealing treacherously with their wives by divorcing them in order to marry pagan women. God Himself is declared to be a witness between a husband and "the wife of your youth," emphasizing that marriage is not …
Christian Marriage (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe phrase "wife of one's youth" appears in Malachi's confrontation of Judean men who had divorced their Israelite wives to marry pagan women, and it serves as a key marker of the covenantal betrayal being addressed. Malachi 2:14 identifies the Lord as a witness between the offending man and "the wife of your youth," describing …
'But I Say to You' (Part Four): Divorce
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWhen divorce takes place, spiritual growth from the relationship stops, but when conflict escalates within a dying relationship, no growth can occur either.
Lessons From the Animals
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughMankind has been given dominion or responsibility for the care of animal life, preserving and embellishing their environment, as God would take care of them.