Marriage Archives

This past week, I awoke one evening and in almost Wilberforce fashion, the Lord seemed to set before me this “one great object”: the abolition of...

Steve, a twenty-five year-old graduate with mountains of debt, walked away from a seemingly good working situation because it interfered with our...

I want to point us to principles God has given us in a place you might not think was intended for marriage. That place is the Ten Commandments,...

In my last commentary, I argued that the prevailing lack of distinction between Christian and non-Christian marriage serves as a barometer...

Marriages can be severely impacted by differences in parenting styles, especially when one spouse runs the family in an overly authoritarian...

The state of marriage reveals a gaping chasm between biblical Christianity and cultural Christianity that must be closed if the church wants to be...

In my work with marriages hurt by affairs, by far there have been more situations where the wife was unfaithful.

One day, I asked my husband, Ron, to make a list of things he wished I would do for him: things that would make him feel loved. It was an amazing...

Normally a self-assured woman, Tami had grown weary of her husband's subtle — and not so subtle — suspiciousness...

Years ago, a family therapist was asked, “What are the top three causes of divorce?” to which he replied, “Selfishness, selfishness, selfishness!”...

If your marriage is less than perfect and the "happily ever after" that was promised to you in childhood fairy tales is a distant dream, then...

Scripture tells us that the man (or woman) whose home is filled with children is truly blessed. But recently I received the following email from a...

Need some fresh ideas for demonstrating pure religion by ministering to widows in your church?

There is much consternation over the state of marriage today. The institution itself has suffered serious social diminution—so much so that...

Just yesterday I received the following email from a man whose wife had left, saying she needed time to sort out her feelings about him and their...