Wife Makes All the Minor Decisions

A married couple was celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

At the party everybody wanted to know how they managed to stay married so long in this ...

Prayer Deters Gossip

We never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray!

—Evangelist Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994)

Happy Marriages Don't Guarantee Fidelity

New research has uncovered truths about adultery that are unnerving—and none more so than the link between "happy marriages" and affairs. ...

Laying Aside the Judge's Robe

Text: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged" (Matthew 7:1).

Object: A black robe. Use a baptismal, clerical, or academic robe; or rent one ...

"Peter Pan": All Fun with No Commitments

An imaginary boy from Neverland, Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter), comes to life for the purpose of taking lost little boys and Wendy (Rachel Hurd-Hood) away ...

Ministry Is Effective One at a Time

The best ministry moments don't arrange themselves neatly in my pre-planned activities. They usually spill out of spontaneous encounters at a critical ...

We Were Meant to Live in Little Platoons

When he left Rivendell, Frodo didn't head out with 1,000 Elves. He had eight companions. Jesus didn't march around backed by hundreds of followers, ...

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 ...