Happy Marriages Improve Health

People in happy marriages are healthier. "Studies have shown that happily married women have less blockage in their aortas, and that happily married ...

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding": A Wife's Influence

Maria Portokalos assures her daughter, Toula, that she can change her husband's mind about allowing Toula to go to college and leave the family business: ...

How Sin Ruined Marriage Harmony

"[W]hen sin entered the world it ruined the harmony of marriage NOT because it brought headship and submission into existence, but because it twisted ...

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 ...

How Tuning Forks Produce Tone

Consider a tuning fork. It delivers a true pitch by two tines vibrating together. Muffle either side, even a little, and the note disappears. Neither ...

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.

"Bridezilla's" Rage Rocks Reception

Adrienne and David Samen eloped, and shortly after the 21-year-old Marine reservist left for active duty in Iraq. For six months the 18-year-old bride ...

Biological Fathers Strongly Influence Teens

Why put effort into making a tough marriage work? Campus Life surveyed highly committed Christian teens and found that those respondents that live with ...