Marriage Update Archives

It can be confusing to know what qualifies as verbal abuse and what is simply unkind or rude language. Here are five clear signs of verbal abuse in...

As couples, when we're able to focus on the big picture and release the small stuff, we can have greater overall satisfaction in our marriages. I...

Internal changes lead to external changes. If he has changed internally—a heart change—you will see evidence in his actions.

Scripture offers many examples of people who violated God’s laws and felt shame afterward.

Because Eve was taken out of Adam, “For this reason, a man will . . . be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh” (v. 24). This picture...

There is a deep-held belief by some believers in the church that those who divorce will not be forgiven by God.

From a biblical perspective, marriage means our lives become fully open to our spouse. We don’t get to have secret spaces. You may not practically...

God knew. He knew they would be good for you and challenge you and sometimes drive you crazy. He knew they would force you to grow. He knew that...

Rather than pursue a "fight-free" marriage, perhaps seek a relationship with healthy conflict resolution. While I do not savor conflict, the truth...

Sometimes loving well means letting go. These seven daily choices might be the breakthrough your marriage has been waiting for.

God doesn’t promise believers they will get married, but He does promise that all believers will be His bride at the wedding feast of the lamb. The...

I started expecting him to be imperfect, and it became much easier to be married to an imperfect man than to fill my head with notions of a perfect...

Put an under- and over- communicator together, and you have one spouse dying for some silence and the other one trying to squeeze a few more words...

Hospitality means making people feel welcome. You can welcome people into your life in all kinds of ways! And the blessing of embracing someone...

The way that we approached studying our Bibles was completely different. I related to Scripture in the themes and how the “story” made me feel....