Jun 29
The popular quote from preachers and others is that 1 in 2 marriages end in divorce. This means the divorce rate is 50%. This statistic has never been accurate because it is based simply off of the number of marriages and divorces. New research suggest much better statistics, especially amongst Christians. I am going …
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Apr 25
The beauty of marriage is that someone knows all your faults and still loves you. We often disappoint ourselves. We often act in ways that later causes us shame. We don’t have the physical appearance we wish we had. Our mouth gets us into trouble. But marriage should be a place where love covers these …
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Apr 11
It is irrational for two trains to be driving on the same track headed directly toward each other to think they will not hit, yet this is the exact thoughts of an adulterer! The affair will come out! You cannot remain in both relationships for long! The famous story of David committing adultery with Bathsheba …
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Feb 13
Despite what I wrote yesterday, I still don’t get it either. To illustrate ….. This past Tuesday, I was working in my office at church when a sweet lady from church, who is our adopted Mayfield grandmother stopped by and asked “Would you like a baby sitter on Valentine’s day?” It didn’t take me …
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Feb 12
It is in countless movies. It is the basic story of most love stories. Many cartoons are based on the same general theme. Yet us men still don’t get it. Women like to be, yes, desire to be pursued. They want to be chased. We think it is silly-romatic mush, but it is how …
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Feb 10
[important]”Churches talk a lot about marriage and family, but this is an event that actually demonstrates the church’s care for marriages.” Keith Parker”[/important] Keith was the guest speaker for our first ever couples night at Seven Oaks this past Saturday night. The theme was “Keeping the Romance Alive” and it was for couples only. Despite …
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Nov 21
We did a marriage retreat this past weekend with a local church. It was lots of fun and we hope a great blessing to the couples who attended. I wanted to share one concept that seemed to resonate with the couples regarding the sexual relationship. We come into marriage with various expectations. It seems that …
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Oct 18
This week’s posts have been on holiness. The first one focused on our motivation for holiness and the second one compared a happy versus a holy marriage. This last post continues the family discussion. I ended the last post by asking: But, what if my spouse isn’t holy? What if my marriage is miserable? What …
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Oct 15
The world and Christians tend to speak of “happy” marriages. We say they look so “happy” together. We wish for a couple on their wedding day a “happy” marriage. This is not bad. I certainly want to be happy. I want my kids to have happy marriages. I want the couples of our church to …
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Sep 18
Some Eye Opening Statistics Being the father of four children, I have spent a few days in the maternity ward. I have been to enough maternity appointments and lived in this world long enough to know that not all babies are being born into a two parent family joined in the commitment of marriage. I …
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