In this sermon on Mark 3:13–19, Matt Smethurst speaks on Jesus’s calling of the twelve disciples, and how his purpose for them is the same for us today.
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In this sermon on Mark 3:13–19, Matt Smethurst speaks on Jesus’s calling of the twelve disciples, and how his purpose for them is the same for us today.
Matt Smethurst is lead pastor of River City Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia; editor at The Gospel Coalition; and author of Before You Share Your Faith: Five Ways to Be Evangelism Ready (2022), Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (2021), Before You Open Your Bible: Nine Heart Postures for Approaching God’s Word (2019), and 1–2 Thessalonians: A 12-Week Study (2017). He and his wife, Maghan, have three children. You can follow him on Twitter.
The rehab view rewards a sinful lack of self-control with the sexual benefits of holy matrimony. It wrongly uses a justification for divorce to justify marriage.