My wife held the phone out for a moment so the engagee could receive my blessing. Feeling the urge to say something, I gave it my best shot. “Squeeze your toothpaste from the bottom!” I blurted out.
Read moreAdventist Dating, Marriage, and Divorce & Remarriage (Part 2)
The Bible and SOP are clear in their agreement that infidelity is the only grounds condoned by God to obtain a divorce, and that the person who marries the guilty spouse becomes an adulterer as well.
Read moreLooking at Adventist Dating, Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage
Are you beginning to see why churches don’t talk much about the biblical subject of divorce and remarriage? The world’s standard is to divorce for any given reason and feel free to remarry.
Read moreA Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Liberalism
I find that data very encouraging about young men and very frightening about this generation of young women.
Read moreWould You Still Have Married, Knowing What You Know Now?
The devil loves to play matchmaker, and it remains one of his most effective strategies for spreading misery within homes.
Read moreWhy Did God Make Men ?!?
She said, with great frustration. “Why did God make men?!?!!?” Her husband stood over by their minivan with his head down, pretending to be fiddling with the gas door flap. He was embarrassed.
Read more"Love one another" . . . How?
A loving Christian home is an environment in which everyone can thrive and mature, and where children will learn to love and trust God, and one another. It is also a powerful witness to the community about the ability of the Holy Spirit to heal human fear and selfishness.
Read moreLife as a House
Psychologists like Emily Anhalt tell people we should change wedding vows from “till death do us part” to “as long as this feels healthy, safe, and meaningful for both of us.” It’s treated like it’s as temporary and commitment-free as dating, but with extra steps. Sterile. Void. Barren.
Read moreMarriage is Racist, according to a College Professor at George Mason University
She wrote in the Journal of Marriage and Family "Marriage fundamentalism, like structural racism, is a key element of White heteropatriarchal supremacy." It must be dismantled.
Read moreI Married the Wrong Person²
Jesus very wisely said that when you take something out of the human heart, you must put something better back in there, or seven worse things will come in (Luke 11:24-26). Some of you are working through issues in your life, and some of you are thinking it over.
Read moreHow Does God Feel About Living Together Outside of Marriage?
You see, marriage is more than just making a commitment to someone else. It is also entering into a holy covenant before God. In Malachi, God is rebuking the people of Judah for not following His laws.
Read moreHow To Avoid Returning Evil For Evil
The good news is there are Three mighty heavenly Beings who are constantly at work to take our desire for something better and turn that into a knowledge of the plan of salvation.
Read moreIf I have Sex With Someone That Makes Us Married, Right? Wrong.
You cannot marry yourself any more than you can baptize yourself. Fornication does not create a marriage, it creates pain & consequences. And that sin must be repented of in order to experience joy and freedom.
Read moreWhen God Says 'Yes', But Man Says 'No'
Do not compare yourself with other people. It is wonderful when God does a miracle and a parent is reunited with a child, or a brother with a sister; but this is often the exception and not the rule.
Read moreThe Rebuilder of Broken Walls
The broken walls of divorce left us in pieces, a mere shadow of ourselves, fighting each day to make sense of our lives.
Read moreFor Better, For Worse, For Keeps!
We spent THE NEXT TWO HOURS getting more and more stressed out as we got covered in wet sand, and were bit by millions of mosquitos the size of small dogs.
Read moreCounseling Questions We Have Received Over The Years
Let's Talk About Sex
In principle this is the same as what the world saw with the Hitler youth movement in National Socialist Germany, and it's happened in every system where tyrants rule.
Read moreLeaving & Cleaving
Many married couples have trouble with the question of who comes first, your spouse or your parents? The answer is your spouse.
Read more"I Think In The Gray"
To clarify my friend’s stance I offered, “What I hear you saying is that sometimes divorce is justified outside of what Scripture says.”
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