It is never a good idea for a married couple to separate, with one exception. Based on my experience working with thousands of couples through MarriageHelper.com, I see only one valid reason for a married couple to separate. If a person puts others in the family in danger, separation must occur. At that point, separationContinue reading “When Should a Married Couple Separate?”
Category Archives: Marriage
A Madness in Methodism
The annual Conference of the Methodist Church of Great Britain is meeting in Birmingham this week and next, other things it will debate a report entitled “God in Love Unites Us”. The report will be endorsed, unless something spectacular (or miraculous?) happens, as it has already been approved by 29 of the 30 Methodist synods.Continue reading “A Madness in Methodism”
The Rise of Polamory
On the surface, then, it sounds like something Christians should not only not reject but also something in which we should actively embrace. Of course, we should love multiple people. Jesus calls us to love our neighbor. There are numerous calls in the New Testament for us to “love one another deeply from the heart.”Continue reading “The Rise of Polamory”
My Spouse Is Getting Worse
Dear Roger, I’m a very worried Christian wife. My husband has completely changed over the last several months. He is constantly surfing the internet and delivering angry “the sky is falling” messages to me and our adult children. He claims he is only the “watchman on the wall” and that he has to deliver hisContinue reading “My Spouse Is Getting Worse”
Marriage Is Not Fair
ecent surveys report that adults in their 20s have high hopes for themselves and marriage, but a low appraisal of marriage in general. You have high hopes for yourselves. You have found in each other a soulmate, a person with whom to share the joys and sorrows of life and practice the art of love.Continue reading “Marriage Is Not Fair”
A Forgotten Pattern
Ephesians 5:25, 28, 33 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her . . . . So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself . . . and the wife must see toContinue reading “A Forgotten Pattern”
A Question Before You Marry
If you need a little extra help picking a spouse, feel free to put this question to work: “Would we accomplish God’s calling for us better together or apart?” Sometimes it’s easy to slip into the mindset of marrying simply for what we will get out of it, and we forget that God is calling us to somethingContinue reading “A Question Before You Marry”
Finding Love Is Dreaming Bigger Than a ‘Soulmate’
Too many people approach dating with the idea that it’s all about finding “the one.” That there is this one person out there who is right for you and finding them is the entire point of the plot. Once you find that person, you’re done. You’ve won. Because this person is perfect. Not truly perfectContinue reading “Finding Love Is Dreaming Bigger Than a ‘Soulmate’”
Why Do Men Cheat?
Over the years I have heard several Christian teachers essentially tell women whose husbands had recently cheated on them that “men will be men” and “if a wife makes the home a wonderful place and/or is good in bed, a husband is far less likely to cheat.” Sadly, I was guilty of saying something closeContinue reading “Why Do Men Cheat?”
The War Over Marriage
When gay marriage became the law of the land in 2015, huge swaths of the country welcomed President Obama’s decision to light the White House in the colors of the rainbow with joy. That poignant moment in America’s life was made all the more powerful by the speed with which it happened. Only seven yearsContinue reading “The War Over Marriage”
