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Is Unconditional Respect Foolish and Impossible While Unconditional Love Is Wise?

Why One Husband Struggles With Being the Spiritual Leader

Is Unconditional Respect Foolish and Impossible While Unconditional Love Is Wise?

People who think culturally, not biblically oftentimes stumble over the idea of unconditional respect.

Should a Christian Attend a Same-Sex Wedding So As To “Promote a Model of Acceptance”?

A father’s daughter was marrying another woman. Though he and his family were Catholic, the marriage would occur in another church since the Catholic church has clearly stated that they define a biblical marriage as being between a man and a woman, and thus will not allow such unions to take place in their churches.

Should a Christian Attend a Same-Sex Wedding So As To “Promote a Model of Acceptance”?

Why One Husband Struggles With Being the Spiritual Leader

"My wife and I have been really struggling with our communication and our relationship; feels like we are two ships sailing in the night, which concerns me. I know I am responsible for what comes out of my mouth, which reveals what is in my heart. I have been trying to take responsibility for that and ask for forgiveness."

Why One Husband Struggles With Being the Spiritual Leader

Harmonizing Science and Scripture: Exploring Non-Natural Phenomena in Creation

You may be surprised to hear that the Genesis account of creation doesn’t appear as far-fetched as some assert. From science itself, the best thinkers have already unfolded the reality of non-natural phenomena in the universe.

Harmonizing Science and Scripture: Exploring Non-Natural Phenomena in Creation

Three Reasons Why Your Husband May Not Be “More Open”

“Emerson, my husband is not as open and emotionally available as he should be. As a result, I don’t feel as close to him as I would like, and I even wonder if he trusts me.”

Three Reasons Why Your Husband May Not Be “More Open”

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Harmonizing Science and Scripture: Exploring Non-Natural Phenomena in Creation

Christian Life

Three Reasons Why Your Husband May Not Be “More Open”

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How Pink Can Deal with Blue Thinking When It Seems So Unloving

How Pink Can Deal with Blue Thinking When It Seems So Unloving

One of my favorite analogies to share in our Love and Respect Conferences is comparing men and women with pink and blue. There is an immediate ripple of recognition and agreement in the audience when I talk about how she sees through pink sunglasses and hears with pink hearing aids while his world is shaded in blue.

You Still Control the Secret to the Chemistry in Your Marriage

You Still Control the Secret to the Chemistry in Your Marriage

Whenever we talk about "chemistry" between a man and a woman, many of us envision an igniting of romantic passions that give birth to incredible emotional bonding. Not only are we attracted to each other physically, but as we share heart to heart, we are stunned with delight by how we feel, think, and act alike.

A Look Inside: Why She Feels She Is Right and He Is Wrong

A Look Inside: Why She Feels She Is Right and He Is Wrong

“Not wrong, just different.” These four words illustrate much of what I’ve talked about for over twenty years now. In fact, many others have repeated them within their own marriages countless times as they notice the differences—both subtle and not-so-subtle—between them and their spouse.

How Do I Help Another Find God’s Will When They Ask Me for Advice?

How Do I Help Another Find God’s Will When They Ask Me for Advice?

The apostle Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:20 that, as believers, we are “ambassadors for Christ.” Have you ever thought much on that before? If you are a child of God, forgiven by the saving work of Jesus, then you are an ambassador for Jesus here on earth!

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Why One Husband Struggles With Being the Spiritual Leader

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Is Unconditional Respect Foolish and Impossible While Unconditional Love Is Wise?

Three Reasons Why Your Husband May Not Be “More Open”

Is Unconditional Respect Foolish and Impossible While Unconditional Love Is Wise?

People who think culturally, not biblically oftentimes stumble over the idea of unconditional respect.

Why One Husband Struggles With Being the Spiritual Leader

"My wife and I have been really struggling with our communication and our relationship; feels like we are two ships sailing in the night, which concerns me. I know I am responsible for what comes out of my mouth, which reveals what is in my heart. I have been trying to take responsibility for that and ask for forgiveness."

Why One Husband Struggles With Being the Spiritual Leader

Three Reasons Why Your Husband May Not Be “More Open”

“Emerson, my husband is not as open and emotionally available as he should be. As a result, I don’t feel as close to him as I would like, and I even wonder if he trusts me.”

Three Reasons Why Your Husband May Not Be “More Open”

How Pink Can Deal with Blue Thinking When It Seems So Unloving

One of my favorite analogies to share in our Love and Respect Conferences is comparing men and women with pink and blue. There is an immediate ripple of recognition and agreement in the audience when I talk about how she sees through pink sunglasses and hears with pink hearing aids while his world is shaded in blue.

How Pink Can Deal with Blue Thinking When It Seems So Unloving

You Still Control the Secret to the Chemistry in Your Marriage

Whenever we talk about "chemistry" between a man and a woman, many of us envision an igniting of romantic passions that give birth to incredible emotional bonding. Not only are we attracted to each other physically, but as we share heart to heart, we are stunned with delight by how we feel, think, and act alike.

You Still Control the Secret to the Chemistry in Your Marriage

How Pink Can Deal with Blue Thinking When It Seems So Unloving

You Still Control the Secret to the Chemistry in Your Marriage

A Look Inside: Why She Feels She Is Right and He Is Wrong

A Look Inside: Why She Feels She Is Right and He Is Wrong

“Not wrong, just different.” These four words illustrate much of what I’ve talked about for over twenty years now. In fact, many others have repeated them within their own marriages countless times as they notice the differences—both subtle and not-so-subtle—between them and their spouse.

Toilet Seats and Near Empty Gas Tanks

Toilet Seats and Near Empty Gas Tanks

Unless there is a clear violation of Scripture, morality, or the law, our spouse is not inherently wrong when varying with us on such topics as toilet seats and near-empty gas tanks. These would be gray-area issues or what I refer to as clashing preferences. Neither is absolutely wrong, just different, relatively speaking.

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Has the Deceiver Convinced You That Respect Must Be Earned?

Has the Deceiver Convinced You That Respect Must Be Earned?

Back in the garden, when it was only one man and one woman, the lone woman, Eve, was deceived by the serpent, who questioned her, “Did God really say not to eat the fruit from that tree?”

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The Porcelain and Copper Bowl: Protecting Your Wife as the Weaker Vessel

The Porcelain and Copper Bowl: Protecting Your Wife as the Weaker Vessel

The concept of honoring one's wife as the "weaker vessel" in marriage is derived from 1 Peter 3:7, where Peter advises husbands to "live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman, and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered."

Parenting

“What Did You Hear Me Say? Does That Make Sense?”

As parents, we find ourselves continually giving instruction to our kids. Of course, we know the Lord expects us to instruct our children. We read in the Bible two such verses: Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not ignore your mother’s teaching. (Proverbs 1:8)

“What Did You Hear Me Say? Does That Make Sense?”

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Christian Parenting: How to Parent Unto Jesus Christ?

Christian Parenting: How to Parent Unto Jesus Christ?

Discover a biblical approach to Christian parenting that helps you love, guide, and discipline your children with grace, truth, and a Christ-centered focus.

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How Do You Respond When You Feel Your Children Provoking You to Anger?

How Do You Respond When You Feel Your Children Provoking You to Anger?

As loving parents, we are to be emotionally unprovoked. This is even the case during conflicts with our kids. According to 1 Corinthians 13:5, love “is not provoked.” Why do I surface this? I have a hunch. Provoked parents end up provoking their kids.

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