marriage

Dear High-Conflict Couple, Not Every Troubled Marriage Can Have Your Results
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Dear High-Conflict Couple, Not Every Troubled Marriage Can Have Your Results

Married Christians, just because your marriage weathered high conflict doesn’t mean every couple with high conflict can address their specific problems and have a good marriage.  The longer I’m in this space, the more I see Christians pulling from their personal experience in a high-conflict marriage and asserting all marriage hardship can be addressed and resolved.  They might say…

Does the Complementarian Marriage Model Contradict Itself?
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Does the Complementarian Marriage Model Contradict Itself?

Imagine sitting through lectures, receiving critical education, and the only way to pass the class is by not following the core principles being taught.   In the real world, how long would that subject be taught its current form?   The self-contradiction within a complementarian marriage is that a marriage is only good when couples don’t follow…

Addressing the Lie “Don’t Take Marriage Advice from Divorced People”
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Addressing the Lie “Don’t Take Marriage Advice from Divorced People”

“Don’t take marriage advice from divorced people.” If you are Christian, you’ve probably heard the words or some variation of the same.   It’s a common belief in Christian circles, that to divorce is to automatically be biased against all relationships. Thus, the advice runs, one of the best things married people can do to…

8 Toxic Beliefs Keeping Christian Women Trapped in Bad Marriages
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8 Toxic Beliefs Keeping Christian Women Trapped in Bad Marriages

What type of “teachings” keep women stuck in bad marriages? I dare to say the ones with “virtue” written all over them. The ones with an appearance of goodness. The biggest offenders are the ones allowing the majority to continue feeling good about themselves and their belief systems. They leave everyone feeling communal and happy,…

Of Marriage, Love and Accountability – Do You Have to Choose? (Easter Reflections)
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Of Marriage, Love and Accountability – Do You Have to Choose? (Easter Reflections)

As I write this, it is the day after Easter Sunday.  For many, the weekend came with a lot more than a healthy reflection of Christ and His work among us. How was your weekend? Was it filled with messages of how Christ loves and draws close those who do Him harm? And (directly stated or not)…