Parenting as a Creation Ordinance

I've been meaning to share this sermon recommendation for many months now. I think it was late in 2014 that a friend in the same infertility boat as us sent this to me. It's a sermon by Pastor David Campbell, a pastor and friend of ours in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. And what an encouraging listen this was for me and Paige when we first heard it. I've listened to it a few times since and have been blessed with every listen.

This message is probably the most clear, most concise, most biblically-balanced and practically applicatory message I have ever heard dealing the topics of marriage, parenting, and infertility. Pastor Campbell faithfully expounds God's Word, upholding the 1689 London Baptist Confession's position on marriage's primary purpose (hint: it's not child-bearing), as he deals with issues stemming from the Creation Mandate (Genesis 1:28) and relevant to the church of today.

In this one sermon, Pastor Campbell addresses important, though often overlooked topics such as the role of childbearing in marriage, birth control, suffering with infertility, and a biblical understanding of Christian liberty. Most helpfully for people like us, Pastor Campbell provides words of comfort to the infertile couple by pointing them to the God of all comfort.

I recommend this message to you for at least these two reasons:

1. To be informed. Listen carefully and learn as Pastor Campbell explains what God intended when He created man and woman and gave them specific duties. Hopefully you will, as we did, come to a better understanding of Genesis 1:28 and the Creation Mandate through this short, but important message.
2. To be encouraged. Whether you are suffering with infertility or not, this message should encourage you in your Christian walk. Hopefully you are a member of a local church, and as such, this message will encourage you in encouraging others who may struggle with childlessness.

Without further ado, here is the sermon. May God bless you through it.

~ David