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What You Need to Know About Domestic Violence and Abuse

Domestic violence is never acceptable. While marriage is sacred, abuse violates God’s intended purpose.

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Single to Married: What I’ve Learned From My First Year of Marriage

While I realize that Noah and I have plenty of mountains and valleys to travel in the years ahead, we’ve experienced growth and victories even in the start of our journey.

Foundations of a Lifelong Marriage

There are many principles that, if practiced, can help you build a solid marital foundation.

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Approaching the Wedding Day

What does it take to build a fulfilling, lasting marriage? And, how do you prepare for that quickly approaching wedding day?

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Making TIME for Intimacy

Time, or lack of it, is the biggest enemy of intimacy. Americans are generally very busy people, and many of them say stress is negatively affecting their lives. Authors Dave and Claudia Arp, in their book No Time for Sex, recount a conversation with one of their psychologist friends who said, “If you don’t talk, …

Fishing For Men (and Women) Online

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you travel the ocean of online dating.

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How To Manage Your Finances After the Loss of a Spouse

Seventy percent of all married women will be widowed, and marriages today have a 41 to 43 percent chance of ending in divorce. Will you be financially prepared?

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A Measure of GRACE

Inter-ethnic marriages are often plagued by communication lapses, typically because self-interests are prioritized over partnership. Effective communication requires grace-filled attitudes and behaviors.

The Christ-ian Marriage

What sustains us and restores us after we fall? Embracing the vision of Christ living in us and in the holy temple of our marriage.

More than Words

Relationships change over time. In the context of marriage, this means that there will always be something new for you to learn about your spouse

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Serving Together in Your Neighborhood

As we pondered Jesus’ command in Acts 1:8, we’ve come to realize that our “Judea” is essentially those living nearby. We began reaching out by simply loving our neighbors.

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Anyway Love

To love anyway is to love like God – and to learn about God’s love for us.

An All-Too-Common Affair

Whether you’ve been married for 30 days or 30 years, you’re never really immune to an extramarital affair.

Let the Good Times Roll

Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!

Love in Action

A working definition of nourishing is demonstrating your love. It involves a conscious resolution to identify your spouse’s strengths and find creative ways to stimulate them.

Growing in Oneness

It takes work to grow in oneness, but the reward is definitely worth it.

Vocational Intimacy

Make time to discuss the business of life as a couple, but don’t let it interfere with a romantic interlude.

Giving Together

This month’s Date Night will give you the opportunity to take a break from the holiday grind—the stress, the worries, the overcrowded schedules, the race to find the perfect gift, and other stressors—and invest as a couple in the well-being of someone else.

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Tips for Planning the Wedding Day

A few things to keep in mind when planning the biggest day of your life.

Turning Sex From a Battleground to a Sanctuary

Read practical ways you can maintain (or restore) the sanctity of marital intimacy and move past impurity, manipulation, hopelessness or shame.