Protecting Your Marriage from Your Parents

Many marriages struggle due to dealing with extended families.  One common issue for many couples is how for adults to interact with their adult parents. Regarding your parents, there are two equal marital dangers: dishonoring abandonment or reluctant detachment.    Even while it seems difficult to obtain, there is a healthy balance.  When you start …

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Lottie Moon Almost Settled for a Bad Marriage

Maybe you have heard of Lottie Moon.  She is famous in Southern Baptist circles for a missionary offering that bears her name.  She spent close to 40 years serving as a missionary in China. In her last years in China, the Chinese were struggling with poverty, famine, and the effects of war.  When Moon returned …

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Your Selfish Spouse

Marriage would be easy if your spouse wasn’t involved. And he or she probably thinks the same thing. In reality, marriage is straightforward, but when you introduce the human dynamic, things always get challenging in a hurry.

The Meaning of Marriage

Tim and Kathy Keller’s The Meaning of Marriage is the most complete book on marriage I have ever read.  Somehow, they are able to dissect the theological while display the practical.  It is thorough and robust. Favorite Quotes In a few years, however, marriage manuals look dated.  In the Bible you have teaching that has …

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Suitable Helper

In marriage, you are meant to be a suitable helper for your spouse. Suitable Helper Genesis 2:4-25 Alive and Yet Alone Mankind is the only creation that was made in the image of God (Gen. 1:27). Out of all his creations, God reckoned that only one of them was not good – Man. “It is …

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Why Your Marriage Is So Difficult

31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife …

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Becoming Your Spouse’s Suitable Helper

If you are just about married, I want to encourage you to think about what it means to become your spouse’s suitable helper. This video is one session in an 8-session series to help equip those considering or nearing marriage. In all honesty, these are helpful concepts for those who have been married for years as well.

Did God Actually Say That About Marriage?

If you are just about married, I want to encourage you to consider common marriage myths.  Many people are unsure what the Bible says about marriage, and we want to help clear the questions up. This video is one session in an 8-session series to help equip those considering or nearing marriage. In all honesty, these are helpful …

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The Fox That’s Trying to Ruin Your Marriage

In biblical times, people who owned vineyards had to be careful about pests like foxes that would come into their gardens and ruin their produce. If a person didn’t put the proper defense around the vineyard, they could lose much financially. These pests were so smart though: they would come when the owner wasn’t around, …

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6 Marriage Essentials

I don’t think I really appreciated what I was doing when I signed my marriage license years ago.  Young and in love, everything was just fine in the world. As the years have gone by, we have learned so much about each other and what real marriage is supposed to be about.  As parents now, we …

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