I made a mistake in the sermon this morning. In a discussion for how wives are supposed to be a higher prioroty for husbands than other things (espcially career), I made a statement like this: “I talk to guys in ministry and they say, ‘Ministry first, Jesus first’, but that’s wrong. Your wife comes first.” Well, it was a mistake for me to say that our wives are more important than Jesus. This is not true. Jesus is certainly a higher priority for husbands (in ministry or not) than their wives. I had not planned on  making this statement (and I did not even realize that I did say it until about 5 people approached me after the sermon about it). So please forgive me. I do not want to mislead you about this. Pursuing Christ and your relationship with him is the chief priority of everyone, including husbands.

At the same time, I think it is important that wives are a higher priority than anything else other than Christ, even more important than any ‘ministry’ that a husband might do (the actual point I was trying to make). If we are to truly love our wives and give ourselves for them sacrificially (Eph 5:25), then our wives have to be our highest priority (apart from Christ). And while the pull of career and achievement and ministry is so strong for husbands, they have to prioritize thier wives above those things.

Again, I aplogize for any confusion this caused you. Thanks a lot for your patience with me. Danny