Spiritual intimacy can be a confusing issue for many couples. Dr. Greg Smalley offers personal insights on how husbands can be spiritual leaders and wives can see beyond basic spiritual disciplines for intimacy at home.
Biblical Marriage
A basic understanding of God, and how He created humans, will help develop deeper intimacy in marriage.
God has called husbands and wives to serve as unique vessels of His love for the other.
After the Fall, the beautiful harmony within human relationships and, in fact, the entire creation, devolved into dissonance.
God calls us to a renewed life, but it still takes patience, sacrifice, discipline and compassion.
To love anyway is to love like God – and to learn about God’s love for us.
If you’ve tried understanding marriage through the world, there’s a better way.
Radical feminism and the crisis of male identity has impacted our families in a barrage of subtle attacks.
It is the covenantal commitment that enables married people to become people who love each other. Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself.
A thriving marriage only works when both husband and wife leave home and cleave to each other. They must be prepared to do so in various ways.