Marriage Is a One-sided Covenant

Al Janssen writes in "The Marriage Masterpiece":

I am struck, as I reflect on the vows Jo and I exchanged at our wedding, by the one-sidedness ...

Actor Compares Movie Life to Real Life

I once heard an actor being interviewed on late-night television. "Tell me," said David Letterman. "You're a sex symbol who plays all ...

Husband Forgives Wife's Stealing

Friends of ours grew up in the church and have a fine house, sweet kids, and good jobs. But the wife has an emotional/mental problem. She periodically ...

Wife Higher Priority Than Food and Clothes

A man should eat and drink beneath his means, clothe himself within his means, and honor his wife above his means.

Husband is Sensitive to Wife's Dreams

Jerry Bridges writes in The Discipline of Grace:

My wife and I went shopping for a coffee table. We'd agreed on the style we wanted and very quickly ...

Missionary Hudson Taylor's Thankfulness Through Grief

English missionary Hudson Taylor lost his wife and a child while serving in China. Two weeks after Maria, Hudson's wife, gave birth, the baby died ...

Jonathan Edwards' Uncommon Marital Union

On March 22, 1758, as Jonathan Edwards lay dying, he gave a final message to his wife Sarah: "To my dear wife, tell her that the uncommon union that ...

Husband Learns Love Is More Than Words

Ken Davis writes in Lighten Up:

For the first 15 years of my marriage, I was a terrible husband. Diane held down a full-time job, became my secretary, ...

Mark Twain's Wife Loses Faith

From what I can tell, Mark Twain was not a Christian, nor did he claim to be when he began courting Olivia Langdon. Back in Twain's day, a man typically ...

Marriage: Going the Distance

In Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas notes that there are trees in Washington State's northern Cascades that are hundreds of years old. One tree in particular ...