Reading Time: 3 minutes When a couple gets married, we rejoice that God has brought the two together, each with their own gifts, their own strengths, their own needs, so they can be more blessed together than apart. Here are five keys to having a healthy marriage.
Tag: Christian marriage
Reading Time: 5 minutes This post discusses how to diagnosis or knowing what is breaking down in your marriage. Just as an auto mechanic will take time to figure out what is really wrong with your car, you will need to take the time to diagnose the biggest challenges in your marriage.
Reading Time: 5 minutes When we think of a partner, we think of someone that we would spend our life with. Someone to start a family with and grow old together. Was that really why God created us? This post explores the purpose of finding a spouse.
Reading Time: 4 minutes As a pastor for the 30 years, I have officiated over 100 weddings and have counseled many couples. Based on my experience and my own marriage, I am starting a series titled “A Man’s Guide to Domestic Disputes.” This post is a quick five-point emergency kit message for men whose marriage is breaking down fast.
Reading Time: 5 minutes The mystery of marriage is how God brings sinners with many differences and flaws, together in close proximity. The two become one in agreement. What does that really mean?
Reading Time: 4 minutes We start to idolize our spouse when we stop viewing them as a gift from God, but rather our own little ‘god’ who makes us feel personally secure. We must flee and keep ourselves from idols (1 John 5:21). Here are some questions to consider whether or not we are idolizing our spouse over God.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Marriage is great, wonderful, and adventurous all at the same time…until it isn’t. When a couple is married and both work, things can become contentious very quickly. Here are 5 ways to survive dual incomes without the duels.
Reading Time: 5 minutes A common thread with adultery is the struggle to come to terms with what’s happened. Tragically, many lose far more years afterward than necessary. What if it could be done in weeks instead of years? Here are many suggestions as to what you should do to keep yourself busy and focus on work.
Reading Time: 4 minutes When we don’t understand the purpose of something, we misuse it and it can destroy us. That is the reality of the situation when it comes to adultery. Once you do the deed outside the confines of marriage, it’s over. The covenant with your spouse has ended and you enter into a new covenant with that person.
Reading Time: 4 minutes What does a godly man look like? If you look to mainstream culture, you would come back with no answers. Let’s face it, our culture has no clue what it means to be a real man. We as Christian men have a positive role model in Joseph. Within the Gospel of Matthew, Joseph demonstrated 4 marks of a godly man.