Pastor Ben Stuart remembers the first time he saw his wife, Donna. He talks about the circumstances that lead to their courtship and eventual engagement.
How do you get ready to blend a new stepfamily? Drs. Jeff and Judi Parziale discuss with Ron Deal how they coach couples in pre-stepfamily work and the wisdom they have learned in their 20 year marriage.
I wish I could speak to that fresh-faced, 22-year-old newlywed. She needed some of the wisdom that God has deposited in me over the last decade of marriage.
Every couple will have conflict. But it's how they handle that conflict that makes all the difference. Jim Burns explains that fear is often hiding behind our defensiveness. But once you realize your fears, you can face them and handle conflict better.
The best thing a couple can do for their marriage is to pray together every day. The second best: laugh. Author and counselor Jim Burns encourages any couple who wants to win in marriage to laugh a lot.
I had no idea what being a wife meant other than we’d live together forever, hopefully have some kids, and file a joint tax return.
Jim Burns explains why the early years of marriage are critical. Burns looks back on his own early years of marriage and the difficulties that arose from having a high-maintenance marriage.
Laura Taggart explains how the wounds of childhood carry over into our marriages. Taggart encourages listeners to fully embrace their identity in Christ, and to start seeing themselves through His eyes.
Bob and Dennis fire off a "lightening round" of questions to our guest Laura Taggart. They take on big issues couples are facing like finances, how couples spend time together, and sex.
Marriage is a relationship that will transform you, if you let it. Saying “I do” is only the beginning of a lifetime of laughter, frustration, forgiveness, happiness, and deep joy. It’s worth it.
Laura Taggart knows what it's like to despair over your marriage. Taggart explains how the wheels fell off her marriage around year 13. Taggart talks about conflict she sees couples having.
There’s a secret that nobody likes to tell dating or engaged couples: Marriage is really hard.
You spend hours and hours dreaming and preparing for a special wedding day. But what have you done to prepare for the marriage itself? Kevin DeYoung talks about what love looks like in marriage.
Russ and Julie Crosson look closely at the problem of debt. The Crossons tell how they paid off their home early. Russ shares some basic principles for living within your means.
Russ and Julie Crosson live a balanced life when it comes to their checkbook. They learned early on to resist impulse buying through planned spending, and encourage couples to follow their lead.
Russ Crosson and his wife, Julie, talk about the wisdom of planning a family budget. The Crossons recall the tensions they experienced early in their marriage.
Each marriage holds special memories. Robert and Nancy Wolgemuth (formerly Nancy Leigh DeMoss) share some sweet moments they've enjoyed in their first year together.
Join us as we celebrate the first anniversary of Robert and Nancy Wolgemuth. The Wolgemuths take a realistic look at their courtship and their first year together as husband and wife.
It doesn’t take long for fear to replace trust, for intimacy to be broken. Just look at what happened in the first marriage.
Is love enough to sustain a marriage for a lifetime? Pastor Alistair Begg talks about the importance of understanding God's plan for marriage.
Pastor Alistair Begg tells what the Bible teaches about what is really going on during a marriage ceremony.
Dennis and Barbara Rainey talk about their early years of marriage and the arrival of the first of their six children two years later.
An unexpected trial in the early years of one marriage.
Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman experienced some significant trials early in their marriage.
Couples quickly learn that adjustments are inevitable and necessary in the first years of marriage.
Whether you’re six months or 60 years into your marriage, God can and will continue to teach you about how to become the man He wants you to be.
Here are some practical things I discovered during my first six months of marriage.
Biblical counselor Paul David Tripp explains that love is willing self-sacrifice.
Paul recalls a time in his own marriage when his eyes were opened to his own anger issues.
Author Paul David Tripp talks about the reality of marriage.
Most couples face common challenges in marriage. If you don't discuss and resolve the differences between you and your spouse, you're headed for rough marital waters.
We all need the support of friends, family, and mentors. But there’s nothing like the love and encouragement of your spouse.
Each of you brings a different background and a different set of expectations into your marriage. Here's how to establish the 'new normal.'
During the first years of marriage (and sometimes for years afterward), it’s not easy to leave your parents while also honoring them.
Ten ideas for dealing with a wife who won’t “leave and cleave.”
My prayers are with the royal couple as they face the challenge of living out the words of commitment, encouragement, and exhortation they heard during their wedding.
Without a common foundation, the years of old age become the death years instead of the glow years.
Early in marriage it's important to look for something beautiful rather than focusing negatively on differences.
An automobile commercial provides an interesting reflection of the way many people view marriage today.
A couple married 55 years shares some of the best marriage advice my husband and I ever received.
Your love can mature and sweeten during the coming seasons of your marriage.
We now have the tools to make our marriage work, and we’re sharing them with others.
Readers share their honeymoon woes with us.
Have you entered a covenant with someone? If you're married, you have.
When you marry, it's important to step away from depending on your parents for your livelihood and emotional support and depend on each other instead.
It’s important to learn God’s view on children.
Three powerful influences work together to drive many married couples over the financial cliff.
What were you really saying when you vowed to love "until death do us part?
Love, joy, and crickets.
