What was the very first thing that God saw in his creation about which he said,

that's not good.

We find it in the 18th verse of the second chapter of Genesis, where God looks down at his creation.

He sees man, he sees the animals, and he says it is not good that man should be alone.

And so God provided a life for Adam and the first marriage was created.

Fast forward to the 21st century and it seems that marriage is on life support.

For example, listen to this headline, seven reasons marriage will be dead in the 21st century.

Or how about this headline from a major newspaper, reinventing marriage for the 21st century.

You know when you think about it, that headline may explain the problem.

People trying to reinvent something but God created.

The solution then is to view marriage as God does.

And Dr. R. C. Sproul is going to help us do that this week here on renewing your mind

from his series, The Intimate Marriage.

One of the most interesting weddings I've ever attended, there were over 500 people there.

The bride was gorgeous, but the thing that grabbed my attention at this particular wedding ceremony

was the creativity of the wedding ceremony.

The wedding lasted over an hour and the bride in the groom had brainstormed together with the pastor

in order to insert new and different and exciting elements into the wedding service.

And I enjoyed those, but right in the middle of the ceremony, they inserted portions of the traditional

classic wedding ceremony.

And I noticed that when I began to hear the words from that traditional ceremony that my attention

perked up and I was moved.

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