It’s easy to talk about the love of Jesus until someone says something that makes you want to have the last word. Yesterday, that someone was me. I had a relational conflict, and instead of responding with patience and self-control, I let my emotions do the talking. I wanted my words to reflect Christ. In [...]
God created marriage as the highest, most honored, and most intimate of all human relationships. When He said in Genesis 2:24, “They shall become one flesh,” He wasn’t just talking about the physical. In fact, in Matthew 19:4-6, Jesus affirmed marital oneness when he said, “. . . At the beginning the Creator made them [...]
You know the feeling. You’ve spent several hours in the same room but neither of you have spoken a word. It’s the dreaded silent treatment. Was it something you said? Something you did? What was it this time? Conflict in marriage is inevitable. The key isn’t avoiding marriage problems but learning how to navigate them [...]
I like happy endings, which is one reason I am so glad that the story of humanity—which began with sin—will one day end with man walking side-by-side in unbroken fellowship with God. But until then, we live with the ever-present reality that while relationship with God has been restored through Christ, we still [...]
