This Marriage Should Have Never Worked

Even if you are in a bad marriage, I have often said that there is never a completely one-sided divorce.  Even if one party contributed 99% of the conflict, the other spouse hasn’t been perfect.   While I have counseled that logic for years, I have changed my mind recently regarding that claim.  After years …

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Why I Didn’t Wait Until I Turned 99 to Write a Book on Marriage

Writing and releasing a book on marriage is a dangerous thing.  I suppose writing a book on anything is dangerous, but the topic of marriage is an especially bold topic to address.  As a minister, I have often heard people communicate disapproval for a “younger” pastor sharing wisdom on marriage.  What does he know about it anyway?

I definitely don’t understand it all, but I do understand it some.  Here’s why I didn’t wait until I turned 99 to write a book on marriage.

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Chapter Listing for New Marriage Book

I am still working on the edits on a new book on marriage.  It is titled, What God Has Joined Together.  The book focuses on 31 short chapters of specific issues that attempt to separate a marriage.

My prayer is that these specific chapters will help strengthen and protect marriages.  One of the most difficult things about this project was coming up with the list of needed chapters.  What do you include?  What do you leave out?

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New Book on Marriage

I have more book ideas than I have time to write them.  While I enjoy writing books, it is a difficult process that takes a lot of time and an unknown amount of effectiveness.  I’ve got a notebook with many ideas that have been started yet unfinished.  Years ago, I couldn’t shake a particular book concept that kept moving up the prioritized list.

It would be a biblical and practical resource to help equip marriages.  The thought was to call it “What God Has Joined Together” and each chapter would be a particular item that could possibly separate the marriage.  I liked the idea so much I tried to get someone else to write it, but eventually, I could see my burden for it was pushing me to work on it personally.

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3 Vital Concepts Regarding Marriage and Money

One of the greatest sources of conflict in marriage is finances.  

Money isn’t the root of evil.  The love of money is the root of evil (1 Tim. 6:10).  Money alters the way people think and act.  People think, say, and do unexpected things when it comes to the increasing accumulation of wealth. 

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3 Important Recurring Events for Your Marriage

Marriage takes time. Unfortunately, time is one of those things that we feel as if we simply don’t have anymore.  As we give our minutes, hours, days, months, years, and lives away to different pursuits, we can never take back the time invested.  The tragedy of how we spend our time is that often our …

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Marriage Needs Mutual Motivation

For a marriage to succeed, a couple must possess mutual motivation.   Determine what is the mutual motivation for your marriage to succeed. What is the desired result? What is the common goal for the marriage? What is the win for the home? If you look to the pages of Scripture, a worthy goal is not …

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Marriage & Passwords

With the rise of social media and the barrage of technological connectivity, marriages can become endangered if proper precautions are not in place.  Operating from numerous devices and connecting through various mediums, we are able to connect with people in a host of ways.  The ability to have pseudo-community with other people is at an …

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