According to Bob Lepine, marriages often begin with the misguided idea that “She’s here to complete me.” Bob Lepine describes what he calls the “Three Phases of Marriage.”
Marital intimacy is a difficult topic to discuss. But Juli Slattery says, Christians must push past our discomfort if we are to have any hope of conveying a Christ-honoring vision of it onto our children.
If God created marital intimacy, why is the Church silent on the subject? Counselor and therapist Juli Slattery explores the things the Church needs to address if we are reclaim a Christian worldview on this important topic.
The old boys club that is pervasive in our culture teaches men to treat women as a commodity. But Jesus treated women with respect and dignity. Dave Wilson encourages men to follow Christ’s example.
I no longer felt anything for my husband. That thought terrified me–I don’t love him anymore. “Would I be happier with someone else?” I wondered.
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.
Ben Stuart remembers the season he took a “time out” from the dating scene to focus on the Lord and recover emotionally after his parents’ divorce. Ben talks about the purpose for singleness.
Would you like your son or daughter to have the same dating experience as you? Ben Stuart talks with Dave and Ann Wilson about the dating culture and practices on today’s college campuses.
The following list is a great way to start loving your wife in a way that makes her flourish.
Chip Ingram coaches husbands on how to live out Ephesians 5 in their marriages. Husbands, he explains, need to own the responsibility to care for and nurture their wives.
Chip Ingram explains the difference between a marriage covenant and a marriage contract. Ingram reminds us that conflicts and challenges are normal in any marriage, but they don’t have to break up the union.
Chip Ingram has a great marriage now, but it wasn’t always this way. Ingram, who has been married to Theresa since 1978, reflects on the hardships they faced as newlyweds.
In this encouraging exploration of the real state of marriage, researcher and author Shaunti Feldhahn teams up with Ron Deal for a deep look at the facts behind the statistics.
Bob Lepine goes through the book of Esther to find descriptions of what biblical submission is, what it isn’t, and why it is important.
Cameron Cole seemed to be one of those lucky few who actually achieved the dream of a life free of trouble. But in one day Cameron’s illusion of charmed perfection was shattered by four shocking words: “Our son is dead.”
Dave and Ann Wilson respond to a listener’s difficult living situation by using the biblical story of Jacob’s wife Leah, to offer hope and encouragement.
Widower and father of four Jonathan Pitts shares how he was intentional in trying to die daily to his own wants in order to serve his wife and family, and illustrates this with a story from his marriage about changing a bad habit he had since childhood.
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.
