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Marriage Prep

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The Truth About Your Spouse

Whether you are searching, dating, engaged, or newly married, there are some truths you need to know about your future or current spouse.

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What Is Sex Worth?

I know the true desire that comes in knowing and feeling God. And nothing — no relationship, no sexual act, no person — can match that.

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What’s the Best Marriage Advice for the First Year of Marriage?

What will help you navigate your first year together? Two young couples reveal the marriage advice they wish they’d known before the wedding.

A young couple shares a joyful moment as the man presents an engagement ring in a small red box, symbolizing the “ring by spring” tradition.

The Pressures Surrounding ‘Ring by Spring’

As if finding the “perfect” spouse isn’t stressful enough, the pressure surrounding “ring by spring” can add an extra dose of anxiety.

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Does Living Together Help or Hurt?

Pastor David Gudgel explains how parents can influence their teen and young adult children to avoid the risks of cohabitation and instead choose God’s design for marriage in a discussion based on his book Before You Live Together: Will Living Together Bring You Closer or Drive You Apart?

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A Big Wedding Day, A Big House or a Marriage That Lasts a Lifetime?

Should couples invest the most resources in a dream wedding day, a dream house or a dream relationship — one that lasts for a lifetime?

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A Fresh Look at Dating (Part 2 of 2)

Author Gary Thomas discusses several issues within the modern dating scene – character vs. romantic attraction, the neurological impact of infatuation, the idea of soulmates – while encouraging singles to be intentional in their pursuit of a godly spouse. (Part 2 of 2)

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A Fresh Look at Dating (Part 1 of 2)

Author Gary Thomas discusses several issues within the modern dating scene – character vs. romantic attraction, the neurological impact of infatuation, the idea of soulmates – while encouraging singles to be intentional in their pursuit of a godly spouse. (Part 1 of 2)

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How to Avoid Wedding Planning Stress

Engagement is such a joyful season — until it’s not. Don’t let wedding planning stress steal the sweetness of this season from you.

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Traditions in Marriage: Setting a New Course

As you begin to meld your family’s customs with your spouse’s, what will you carry forward, and how will you form your own traditions in marriage?

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Giving God the Credit When You’re Given a Talent

The day I could no longer take credit 
for the gifts God had showered on me, I found the Creator of all was the One who had been giving them to me all along

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Giving Back the Engagement Ring

Breaking off the engagement is difficult, but if you have doubts about getting married, it’s best to take things slowly and prayerfully.

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Four Ways to Process Postponed Wedding Plans

When wedding plans suddenly change, heartbreak and disappointment can surface quickly. Here are four ways to process through the letdown.

How to Tell Your Fiance About Your Porn Problem

Addressing sexual struggles, including pornography, before you say, “I do” is critical to the future of your marriage. But how do you tell your future spouse about your struggle with pornography?

How to Recognize the Challenges of Your Unmarried Friends

Many married couples never think about what single people navigate in a society that celebrates “couplehood.” But there are tangible, helpful ways to encourage single friends and family members.

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8 Warning Signs That Your Fiance Is Addicted to Pornography

Most spouses have no idea the person they married was addicted to pornography before marriage. In almost every case there were red flags the fiances could have seen if they’d known what to look for.

Loving at All Costs

The quintessential trait of a good husband is the tenacity to love at all costs. I can’t be like Him unless I return love when my ego is wounded and unless I pursue love when I’d rather avoid pain.

Getting to Know You

Any couple thinking about remarriage should make time to know each other better, to learn how compatible they are and to find ways to make their second marriage a success.

Marriage as a Part of Adulthood

A secure and functional culture requires the establishment of stable marriages and the nurturing of families. Without healthy marriages and family life as a foundation, no community can long survive.

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What Should I Look For in a Husband?

Alistair Begg explores the top six qualities women should look for in a potential husband.