Normally we publish an article here on the blog and on Facebook. We also make a video of the same topic and put it on Facebook and YouTube. We'd like to do this one a little differently though. Yesterday I made a short video with our son Ben. I'd like to direct you to the video as I think it does a better job of illustrating our passion on this...
Why Your Attitude is Everything Have you ever noticed that some people just take things in stride better than others? Something goes wrong and there are a myriad of ways to handle the situation - how will you handle it? Friday, I met for lunch with a pastor friend at McAlister’s Deli. I took along the promotional tumbler that we had purchased there several years ago so we can get...
Let’s start with this fundamental understanding: to be married, one needs to be an adult. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to get married to a person who is childish. This may sound like a no brainer, but some fundamentals do get missed. If a child has been under the care of a parent all their life, it is quite possible that they don’t see themselves as an adult. Being an...
How we start something tends to dictate how things turn out. Dating and marriage are no different. I knew a youth pastor whose fiancée became pregnant and the church had to make a decision as to what - if any - action they would take. I was a young Christian then and reasoned that after they were married, sex would no longer be a sin, so it wasn’t probably...
Love is a Decision If I asked you to define what love is, what would you say? We have heard thousands of songs about love. It is one of the most common themes in music. We have known about the concept of love our whole life. Many of us may say we have been or are in love. So define it. What is it? Think about it and come up...
Christ so loved me that He gave His life for me. According to Ephesians 5:25, husbands are supposed to love our wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. Wow! I’m supposed to love Kim as Christ loved the church. That means I am to give my life for her. This challenge has been before me for years and I, with God's help, keep...
How We Accepted Christ - What Being a Christian Means to Us Kim and I got married on September 12, 1981. As of this writing, we’ve spent 37 years together. I am amazed at what our marriage has become and had no idea it could be this good. But it didn’t start out like it is now. Our marriage is the way it is because we have each...
How to have an Unfair Advantage in Your Marriage People who don’t know Christ are doing marriage blindfolded. You might get along and do OK, but you won't be “one flesh” unless God is in the center of your relationship. Doing marriage without God is a cheap imitation of what He intended it to be. It’s like “playing house” instead of the marriage God wants. I have a pastor friend...
My Spouse is Living the Dream - How Do I Overcome Jealousy? Q & A How can a spouse go beyond feelings of jealousy and being left out when the other is “living the dream” with the ideal job in an environment they love and the other spouse doesn’t have a job in their profession and feels stuck in a place away from family and friends? Where does our jealousy...
5 Things You Have to Do Well to Have a Great Marriage When studying in preaching class, the professor asked us what we should do when we hear a great sermon and would like to use it. He said it wouldn’t be right to copy it directly without giving credit and that it would be better to use the main points and make the rest of it our own. That...
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