What Can I Include in a Christian Men Seminar on Marriage?

Question

We are having a mens fellowship on July 28 th. I have been chosen to speak on marriage. I would like any Topics and activities to present at this seminar. All advice and help would be appreciated (websites, blogs) and tips.

Answer 1

I don't have specific links and stuff to share, just advice. As someone who has been involved in several retreats, I think that you should consider approaching your topic in this way.

- Draw up an outline of your talk that outlines all the points you have to hit. This is the skeleton of your talk. Your outline should include the key scriptural references you want to hit as well.

- Now: use the structure in your outline to lay out the talk, but flesh it out with your own personal witness. Use your own life's story and the things you have experienced and been part of to put the meat on the outline. This allows you to keep the message simple, concise.... BUT most importantly, honest and heartfelt.

There is no witness you can give that has more power and punch than your own personal witness. Describe your marriage - both the ways that you have failed in it, and the ways you have grown in it. As you cover the outline's points, tie it into the narrative of your life.

Then, at the end, sum up your whole talk with a discussion question... leave them with a question, so that they have something to take away and think about.

Answer 2

A christians men seminar on marriage needs to address one issue for sure. Not to try to convert your spouse is she or he is not the same denomination. This will cause a rift in the marriage from the start. If they want to convert they will. If no, don't press. Spending time at each others churches is a fair compromise.

Answer 3

Speak about how being the head of the household does NOT make your wife a second-class citizen or any less an equal partner in decision-making and parenting.

Answer 4

How about respectful relationships, honesty in communication, how to nurture your relationship, and dealing with the pressures we all face. I would encourage you to contact lutheran marriage encounter here is what it is about: http://www.ilme.org/detail.htm

Answer 5

How about this:

Speak about the temptations that we face as married Christian men (internet.... advertisements.........etc)

There's alot of junk out there that the devil has disguised as "good"

Answer 6

-Being the spiritual leader in the home
-"Husbands love your wives"--what does this mean?

Sorry this is all I could come up with for now!

Answer 7

Jesus was asked about divorce.
Jesus replied," It has been written, that except for adultery you are not to divorce and remarry till death do you part."
Many preachers believe that it's ok to divorce and remarry if adultery was commited, but what they fail to notice is that Jesus first said, "It has been written".
When you look in the old testament, A man tells God he's going to rewrite his laws and allow men to divorce and remarry. God warned him that God's laws are not to be broken and that if he does he's not going to like it. The man siad he is going to anyway. God said, if you do, then I want you to include, except for adultery. And put it in writing.
God didn't command him to, he only requested him to. Divorce and adultery isn't God's laws, but man's law.
God already warned him that he'll not be changing God's laws, but writing man's laws.
God's law doesn't allow divorce, even if adultery was committed. Only man's law allows divorce and adultery.
Why did God tell him to put man's law about divorce and adultery in writing? Because God knew that Jesus would be asked the question about Divorce and adultery.
When Jesus mentioned that it has been written, that was what he was referring to. Jesus didn't say Gods' laws allow, or Jesus allows. Jesus simply said, "It has been written" .
Why would he say that?
A verse in the bible says, "God's son will illusion people to believe a lie". Also, "God will delusion sinners to believe a lie." -To cause to have false belief-.
Why would God want to cause sinners to have false beliefs?
God knows what's in people hearts, just as the King who wrote the law allowing divorce and remarriage, especially if adultery.
Why would Jesus say something that would trick people into divorcing and remarrying, especially if adultery was committed?
What people fail to do before marriage is seek God's guidance in finding their true soul mate. When you fail to seek God's guidance in finding your true soulmate, then what's the odds of getting married and not divorcing?
Man's laws allows divorce, not God's laws.
Why does God say man's laws are made to be broken, but not God's laws?
When man makes laws, they tend to make laws that allows people to break God's laws. Then you run into having to make a choice of who's law you are to honor God's or man's. If you honor man's laws, will you break God's laws, or visa versa.
Why do so many people suffer? Throughout the ages, men has been breaking God's laws to honor man's laws.
God has been allowing sinners to be punished and punished and so on because they continue to break God's laws just to honor man's laws.
Is it ok to divorce and remarry if adultery was committed, no, but many assumes that it is.
As Jesus said, "I haven't come to bring peace".
God himself was inside the body named Jesus Christ. Why would the bible warn that God will delusion sinners?
Delusion means to have false beliefs.
All of the people who have married, divorced and then remarried, even if adultery was committed are breaking God's laws when they do so.
God's laws has never allowed divorce and remarriage, even if adultery was committed.
It's something how so many have overlooked the words Jesus spoke, "It has been written".