In This Series: 1. Forgiveness and Restoration 2. The Freedom in Forgiveness 3. Restoration: Four Hurdles You Must Face 4. Building Trust 5. Understanding Forgiveness 6. Reconcilable Differences: A Real-Life Fairy Tale 7. Dr. Bill Maier on Forgiveness and Restoration Dr. Bill Maier answers some questions on the topics of forgiveness and restoration.What if I …
Marriage Problems
If you’re struggling with the difficult choice of whether to stay in a less than perfect marriage, the answer you seek feels heartbreakingly complicated. Because it is.
If you’re like many people, you may want to be free of past offenses, but you still carry bitter memories of or hard feelings toward those who have wronged you.
So what does forgiveness mean? The first step to understanding forgiveness is learning what it is and isn’t.
When ADHD and marriage go together, you can face repeating conflict patterns. But you can lessen those patterns and strengthen your marriage.
God, the Creator of humanity and of marriage itself, has laid out His plan for marriage as a lifelong union.
Darby Strickland, a counselor and teacher at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, defines sexual abuse in marriage and explains how wives are oppressed in this way.
Many couples wait until they are so frustrated with their in-laws that they lash out with harsh and condemning words and fracture the relationship. But when we speak with respect, we are likely to get respect.
Physical abuse is a means of coercively controlling another through fear and intimidation. It involves intentionally or recklessly using physical force that may result in bodily injury or physical pain.
There is tremendous mercy and power in God’s forgiveness of her own sins.
All relationships take work, but your first responder marriage may make the Jones’ look like a coffee-fetching “internship.”
While reconciliation is God’s desire for struggling couples, there are all sorts of situations that can bring a marriage to the crisis point — and separation can be an act of love.
Each person comes to their wedding with a unique set of life experiences and levels of childhood trauma that impact the marriage relationship.
The Christian life is a lifelong journey of surrender and becoming more like Christ. Apply that specifically to your struggle with pornography. What does it practically look like for you to surrender your sexuality to the Lordship of Jesus Christ?
God wants to heal women addicted to porn, just as he did with me. He wants the best for you and your marriage. Here’s what you should know.
Setting realistic expectations can help you avoid the pitfalls of this holiday
When you learn your spouse has a terminal illness, everything changes in an instant. What’s important to know as you begin this hard journey?
Protect your marriage by avoiding these three financial stressors
When a husband’s autism isn’t diagnosed, there are bound to be struggles. One wife shares what she’s learned about neurodiverse marriages.
Steven and Mary Beth Chapman have guided their kids through grief and confusion. They’ve done this by being real and sharing openly as they’ve grappled with their own emotions and unresolved questions.