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Biblical Marriage

Timothy and Kathy Keller on Marriage

As our culture’s view of marriage has grown increasingly pessimistic, more and more couples have chosen to move in together instead of exchanging vows. But is cohabitation really a better option?

Making Right Choices in Marriage

Tammy Darling and her husband explored God’s intent for marriage and learned that it takes work, and a healthy marriage is the result of making right choices.

Newlyweds Jim and Jean Daly in family photo

Jim Daly’s Unexpected Path to Marriage

Jim Daly shares how he and his wife, Jean, met, and goes on to ponder the exhilarating twists, turns and steps that lead to a man and a woman meeting, dating and eventually marrying.

Honoring Marriage

In marriage, honor involves recognizing the worth of your relationship and putting that appreciation into action.

Build a Future

Commitment is a passionate decision to be with your spouse for a lifetime and to proactively build a future. A husband and wife must decide to love each other for a lifetime.

New Year, New Purpose in Your Marriage

Dr. Smalley encourages couples to find a cause that they’re both passionate about, and then trust the Lord to use them and their marriage in the new year

Understand How a Man’s Brain Is Like a Waffle

If you look at a waffle, you see a collection of boxes all separate from each other. That is typically how a man processes life. His thinking is divided into boxes that have room for only one issue.

Understand How a Woman’s Brain Is Like Spaghetti

For most women, every thought and issue is connected to every other thought and issue in some way. Life is much more of a process for women than it is for men.

Your Marriage Needs Regular Relational Investment

Only you know the best relational investments for your marriages. Thriving couples proactively invest in each other and in their marriages.

Commitment Is The Foundation For A Deeply Connected Marriage

Choosing to invest in your marriage helps to strengthen the lifelong commitment that is foundational to your relationship.

Marriage With Eternity in Mind

Francis Chan discusses how having a marriage focused on a mission will require commitment and sacrifice, asking couples if their view of the future is big enough.

Incorrect Meanings of ‘Sacrifice’

Serving your wife doesn’t mean you have to become a doormat and sacrifice your identity. So, what is Paul really saying in Ephesians 5:25?

Trusting God to Cover Your Family

Trusting God to Cover Your Family

Men can take responsibility even if they don’t feel like they have the skills, wisdom or ability to handle a situation, if they will simply align themselves under God.

A kingdom man submits his life to Jesus — a joyful man smiling confidently, reflecting inner peace and faith.

What Is a Kingdom Man?

A kingdom man places himself under God’s rulership and submits his life to the lordship of Jesus Christ. He also understands the important role his wife plays in his success.

Marriage’s Meaning for Believers

God desires that we develop and nurture a personal, interactive relationship with Him.

Newlywed husband and wife looking out into a mountain sunset

Reflecting Our Relationship With God

We need to live our lives knowing that we have been created for intimate union with God.

bride and groom wedding love respect

Love and Respect: A Royal Marriage

Marriage is a lot like royalty. A wife wants to be first in the heart of her prince. A husband wants to be the hero that his princess admires and respects.

Putting Jesus First

Putting Jesus First

Most couples do not realize that glorifying God is the deeper meaning of a Biblical marriage.

Humility and Self-Forgetfulness

While humility is not often praised in society today, it is a characteristic that Christ displayed at every turn. Marriage offers the perfect testing grounds for humility.

A couple is planting plants together and volunteering.

Serving With the Right Attitude

Serving your spouse should be considered an opportunity and conducted with joy. Jesus was the perfect example of serving with the right attitude.