You’ve likely heard the common belief that men just need respect while women only need love. But is the saying true? What does your spouse really need from you? Discover one of the secrets to a happy marriage… Her View My friend Sandy slipped a package into my bag. “What’s this?” I asked. “Love andContinue reading “Marriage Needs Both”
Category Archives: Marriage
The ‘Unexpected’ I Love You
In our book Happy Habits for Every Couple, one of the projects we ask you to do for your spouse is to take something they don’t like doing off of their plate, demonstrating signs of true love. Here is how love shows up in our marriage… Kathi’s View I’m putting the leftovers away, and IContinue reading “The ‘Unexpected’ I Love You”
Praying for Her Emotions
Pastor Jack is the founding pastor of The Church On The Way and chancellor of The King’s University in Los Angeles, California. He and his wife, Anna, have been married for 60 years, and they have four married children, eleven grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. I’ve been asked how I, as a praying husband, have prayedContinue reading “Praying for Her Emotions”
Decide to Love
Behold, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7). We talked about the man’s wife all afternoon. He tried to analyze the broken relationship which had grown between them during the weeks before our visit. The man wanted toContinue reading “Decide to Love”
Exposed in All the Best Ways
If you had asked me if I was ready to walk the aisle before our wedding day, I would have quickly and confidently told you yes. With absolutely no reserve, I would have shared all the ways God had prepared me for marriage. In my own mind, I was an ideal candidate for a husband.Continue reading “Exposed in All the Best Ways”
Parent Advice You Don’t Normally Hear
Now that my sons are in their thirties, mostly well-adjusted, and pursuing their life callings, I’ve had the chance to rethink my parenting philosophy. Although I have limited data points, as my oldest with his political science PhD would be quick to remind me, I have developed three unconventional parenting axioms that I now swearContinue reading “Parent Advice You Don’t Normally Hear”
The Great Challenge of Marriage Is Not To Fix One Another
We’ve all heard that marriage was designed to make us holy more than to make us happy. And though it’s a bit of a trite phrase that threatens to force a false dichotomy between holiness and happiness, there is a measure of truth to it. At its best, marriage does, indeed, help us grow inContinue reading “The Great Challenge of Marriage Is Not To Fix One Another”
You’re On Your Own More Than Every
About four out of 10 adults in the United States are living without a romantic partner, which is part of a growing trend, according to a new report by Pew Research Center. Using census data, Pew noted in a report Tuesday that 38% of U.S. adults in 2019 were neither living with a spouse or otherContinue reading “You’re On Your Own More Than Every”
Does God Expect Us to Have Children?
It’s really not a matter of whether God “expects” us to have children, since He is sovereign and omniscient and knows who will and who won’t have children. The question is really one of whether or not having children is a requirement for Christians and whether or not we can have a fulfilled, obedient lifeContinue reading “Does God Expect Us to Have Children?”
The Deconstruction of the Family
For decades now the radicals on the left have told us of their hatred of the traditional family, and they have done all they can to see it destroyed. Things like easy no-fault divorce, the rise of the porn culture, androgyny, radical feminism, the homosexual and trans agendas, and the sexual revolution have all beenContinue reading “The Deconstruction of the Family”
Intentional Faith 