Family Foundations: Recent Episodes

Pastor Daniel Kirchner

This podcast focuses on: - A God-centered approach to relationships - Better understanding and communication - Biblical tools to overcome everyday problems & obstacles

Lessons are from Family Foundations, the couples' Sunday School class at Faith Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington, taught by Pastor Daniel Kirchner.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins a new series for the Family Foundations Class. While looking to grow in our relationship with our spouse, it's important to learn about all of the connections that affect our marriage. This week, Pastor Kirchner uses an illustration of welding to show how it is important to prepare the connection with your spouse before entering into difficult conversations. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins a new series for the Family Foundations Class. While looking to grow in our relationship with our spouse, it's important to learn about all of the connections that affect our marriage. This week, Pastor Kirchner teaches on how the Bible instructs us to love correction and how you should properly utilize this tool of growth with your spouse. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins a new series for the Family Foundations Class. While looking to grow in our relationship with our spouse, it's important to learn about all of the connections that affect our marriage. This week, Pastor Kirchner continues his lesson on the importance of relying on the scriptures in the right way and not abusing the texts to meet a specific viewpoint. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins a new series for the Family Foundations Class. While looking to grow in our relationship with our spouse, it's important to learn about all of the connections that affect our marriage. This week, Pastor Kirchner teaches on the importance of relying on the scriptures in the right way and not abusing the texts to meet a specific viewpoint. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins a new series for the Family Foundations Class. While looking to grow in our relationship with our spouse, it's important to learn about all of the connections that affect our marriage. This week, Pastor Kirchner continues the thought of why it is important to connect with God daily and explains the best practices to do so. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins a new series for the Family Foundations Class. While looking to grow in our relationship with our spouse, it's important to learn about all of the connections that affect our marriage. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how our relationship with God and the leading of the Holy Spirit will directly affect our conversations, connections, and relationships with others. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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With the conclusion to the Fresh Perspective series, Pastor Daniel Kirchner will be teaching independent lessons before his next series. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how important it is to be unified in your marriage in your pursuit of God and how your strength gets magnified as a result. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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With the conclusion to the Fresh Perspective series, Pastor Daniel Kirchner will be teaching independent lessons before his next series. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how we can't know how our lives will turn out, which is why it's important to lean on the God Who does. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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With the conclusion to the Fresh Perspective series, Pastor Daniel Kirchner will be teaching independent lessons before his next series. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses the importance of searching for the next stage of growth in your marriage and how to find that "better than" as a united front. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses the importance of building your house on a firm foundation through God and how to build a better house. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how two people may say the same thing, yet be interpreting it completely differently and how to better understand how your spouse thinks and speaks. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses how to make adjustments to the changes that come in life and how to ensure that you aren't blind to your own areas of improvement. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, Pastor Kirchner discusses the importance of managing one's weight, how the battle for weight loss or gains is not as clear as the industry makes it seem, and how you can help support your spouse through this process. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we take the time to discuss how to fight FOR your spouse rather than against them during verbal disagreements. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look into the proverbial mirror and learn the importance of self perception and self deception. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look at how assuming your spouse's intention behind their actions can lead to issues and how to better communicate these intentions and emotions every day. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look at the importance of the "engrafting word" and how our anger and emotions can blind us from growing together in our marriages. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. This week, we look at the importance of listening "the soil in which the love of marriage is planted." Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner begins the year with a new series for the Family Foundations Class. With the new year upon us, it's time to look at our marriages with a fresh perspective and approach to how we interact and love our partner. Tune in to hear what the Bible teaches is a healthy and honoring marriage.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches a lesson on reflection towards the accomplishments of the previous year and how looking back at the successes can help encourage you and your spouse into making your marriage even greater this new year.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses the love life of Hosea the prophet and the prostitute Gomer and how differing values can affect a marriage.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses how living carnally can affect a marriage toxically and ways to avoid and grow from these toxic situations.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses the importance of having one spouse and how taking the time to work on that individual marriage can make all the difference in the world.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses how the wisdom of Abigail helped her soon-to-be husband, David, think clearly through his decision making and how that can apply to your marriage today.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discusses how Samson's view of marriage and love was altered through time and how it is important to ensure that one's children's views on marriage are healthy and sound.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discussed how Isaac and Rebecca became married and how they communicated their values to each other.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he discussed the reasoning behind why we have several examples of men wanting multiple wives and how this mentality negatively affected their lives.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new season of lessons looking over the examples of marriage found in the Bible. Each session will provide an in-depth study on what lessons can be derived from the marriages of these Bible characters and how these lessons can be applied in your own life. This week, he will be teaching on Adam and Eve and how their decision making directly affected their family for years to come.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new series called Winterizing Your Marriage. In this episode, he discusses the comparisons between being a seasoned home-owner and a seasoned married couple and how to address newly revealed issues when they appear and known issues before they occur.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues a new series called Winterizing Your Marriage. In this episode, he discusses how much like the seasons of weather change through cycles, so do the seasons of life. Knowing that these cycles exist, it's important to establish what systems best help you support yourselves through each season.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new series called Winterizing Your Marriage. Similar to how we prepare for the winter season by closing our water pipes, there are seasons of marriage that are known and can be prepared for before the effects of "marriage's winter" take place.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner concludes the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses, in light of everything he has taught this season, what the fundamental glue to delighting in marriage truly is.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he outlines how the voices in the male and female minds give them their self-perception and how each of them navigates the faults in their own lives.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the importance of patience when you have been wronged by your spouse and what to do if you are the one who is wronging your spouse.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the natural use of marriage through physical, emotional, and mental companionship.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses how difficulties in marriage are truly blessings in disguise.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the role and important affects of physical touch in the marriage relationship.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the important difference between minutes and moments and how these can affect our memories when looking back at our marriages. Yet, even if there are bad memories and bad minutes, so long as you are together, there is still hope for a brighter future.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the important difference between minutes and moments and how these can affect our memories when looking back at our marriages. Yet, even if there are bad memories and bad minutes, so long as you are together, there is still hope for a brighter future.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the mini-series on Delighting in Marriage. This week, he discusses the fact that life is going to be unfair. With that knowledge, the wisdom of Solomon encourages us to enjoy life anyway.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the thought of enjoying your marriage with a lesson teaching the importance of focusing on investing in things that bring a good return to your relationship.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues the thought of enjoying your marriage with this simple statement: "don't lose your sweetness."

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner utilizes million-dollar sports cars as an analogy to teach the importance of purposefully enjoying your marriage.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on defending marriage. In this specific lesson, he teaches on the methods and mentality required to help avoid creating unnecessary conflicts with your spouse and how to best communicate with each other when conflicts arise.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the differences between separating and supporting in marriage and how to identify and resolve these conflicts as they appear.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner teaches on the importance of living in the moment and focusing on the daily joys that comes from marriage as opposed to holding on to the grudges or mistakes from the past.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on defending marriage with a lesson on how to approach a situation in which you or your spouse are not acting within your normal character.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner returns with a lesson on seeking God's wisdom in decision-making. The class begins with a simple question: How can we know that we've made the best decision unless we understand what God's Will is first?

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on Defending Marriage. In this episode, the discussion focuses on how the close connection between you and your spouse will either be the greatest help or the worst hindrance to your lives.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on Defending Marriage. In this episode, the discussion focuses on the vitality of depending on your spouse and how to pick each other up after one falls from their own faults.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a series on Defending Marriage. In this episode, the discussion focuses on the inner voices of our sin nature, how those voices affect the thought life of your spouse, and how you can resolve those inner conflicts as a couple.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues this series by speaking on the importance of "cleaving" to your spouse and how God's design of marriage differs from the world's design.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a new series on Discovering Marriage. In the first episode of the series, he discusses the many different outlooks on marriage and how the Bible defines it.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner speaks on the importance of removing conflict in the marriage and finding unity through life.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues speaking on the theme of being evenly yoked with your spouse, specifically through the skill of understanding and controlling one's memories.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on how to create a better and more enjoyable home environment. In part four of this series, Pastor Kirchner described the object lesson of being "unequally yoked" from II Corinthians 6:14 and how that directly correlates to marriage and the home environment.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner begins a series on how you directly affect your spouse and can build them up through your actions and attitude.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his series on how to create a better and more enjoyable home environment. Specifically, what are the Red Zones of marriage and how do you expertly navigate them?

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner continues his lesson on how to create a better and more enjoyable home environment. Specifically, how to take care of each other and build each other up rather than tear each other down.

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In this latest episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner discusses how to create a better and more enjoyable home environment. Specifically, how do you as a couple solve problems that are emotionally driven early before they build into more difficult issues to resolve?

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In this episode of Family Foundations, Pastor Dan Kirchner discusses the importance of keywords or phrases (called "Catchphrases") that help to communicate a wide range of subjects when communication needs to be succinct and quick yet filled with importance.

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In this episode of Family Foundations Class, Pastor Daniel Kirchner continues the theme of communication in marriage by discussing how emotions can affect your communication with your spouse and how important it is to support your spouse in times of heightened emotions. 

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner in the Family Foundations Sunday School class continues the theme of the importance of communication in marriage. In this episode, the focus is placed on building hope for the future by working on communication in the present.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner in the Family Foundations Sunday School class continues his lesson on communication by describing the deeper categories of emotions and how to properly communicate them to your spouse on a daily basis.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner in the Family Foundations Sunday School class approaches the subject of communication in marriage and the household.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner in the Family Foundations Sunday School class will continue teaching on the topic of sin in our marriages and how it affects us both internally and externally.

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Pastor Daniel Kirchner in the Family Foundations Sunday School class will continue teaching on the topic of sin in our marriages and how it affects us both internally and externally. 

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Pastor Kirchner in the family foundation's Sunday School class shows from the Bible that the sin that dwells in us does not determine who we are as individuals and spouses.

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Pastor Kirchner addresses the root problem in marriage and where it came from in the beginning. This lesson will provide the foundation of future lessons that will help us to see that as our marriages come with problems also God has provided a solution for them.

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In this episode, Pastor Daniel Kirchner will explain the necessity of being a good companion and provide some ideas of how to do accomplish that in your marriage.

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In this episode we return to the Family Foundations Sunday School class as Pastor Daniel Kirchner will explore the pattern for marriage that God created in the garden and learn of the plan he designed for how marriage should work. 

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In this Lesson Pastor Kirchner continues in Romans 14 showing God's priority that in dealing with differences that people are more important than our preferences. 

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Learn how to have a clear voice of how you feel in your absence and around the house.

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Learn how Romans 14 warns us about judging others and losing sight of God's work in their lives.

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Learn how to Biblically approach others who have a more or less restrictive personal standard than your own, and not become the worse for it.