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In order to save, heal and protect our marriages from porn, we need to adopt a broader understanding of this pernicious and slippery world, an understanding that currently and unfairly pins most virtual infidelity on husbands.
It’s when work life and family life are at their peak — and at times at each other’s throats. Many men turn to porn during these exhaustive years as an illicit pick-me-up.
Your timeline for having kids is important. It is worthy of careful prayer, but not hypercare.
Couples who arrive at a shared vision and a purposeful approach to starting a family are able to experience greater joy in their marriages and in their future roles as parents.
The lack of regular sex is a significant barrier to emotional connectedness and intimacy for men.
Thoughts and attitudes are like the engine of a train and our emotions and behavior are like the caboose.
“Why have kids?” That’s a question couples are increasingly prone to ask.
Yes, having children will change your marriage, but you can trust that God designed your marriage to grow and deepen through that change.
There is no ‘typical’ infertility patient, and the causes of infertility vary widely.
Do you and your spouse have different beliefs about starting your family – about when to get started or whether to have children at all?
For emotional intimacy to grow, each partner must be willing to meet the other’s deepest needs and protect the other’s greatest vulnerability.
Every couple has a unique sexual relationship. Accept yours for what it is and enjoy working toward wholeness as a couple. You can have a very fulfilling sex life even though you may not be functioning like the average married couple.
Friendship, seasoned love, and shared history are often enough to maintain a marriage in which sex is no longer possible.
Parenting teens provides a new set of conflicts for couples: debates over discipline, respect, privileges, responsibilities, media choices and dating boundaries.
You cannot underestimate how injurious it can be for your husband to find himself unable to perform sexually or to become the victim of a nonexistent libido.
One of the devastating effects of pornography and other sexually explicit material is that it sabotages the ability to enjoy normal sex.
In a sex-saturated culture, waiting till marriage seems outdated and prudish.
Tara, a young lady at the church I was working for at the time, approached me one day after church and asked to speak with me. “You’ve got to help me. I know in my heart that my attitude is wrong, but—I can’t help it. It’s how I feel. My marriage is killing me. It’s …
One of the keys to growing beyond the frustration you now feel is learning to accept the many ways your husband is likely showing you love.