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Ronald Reagan Gives Marriage Advice to His Son
In June of 1971, just days before his 26-year-old son Michael got married, future-U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent him the following letter of advice. ...
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85-year-old Woman Fights Off Her Husband's Attacker—a Moose
Alaskan Dorothea Taylor, 85, and her husband George Murphy, 82, got into a tussle with a moose while taking their golden retrievers, Fellar and Tut, out ...
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Man Waits Years for His Wife to Respond to His Love
In his sermon, "The World's Best Love Story," Haddon Robinson said:
There was once a young man from Chicago who went down to the bluegrass ...
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Fears of Divorce Drive Young Adults to Avoid Marriage
A 2011 research study on single men and women aged 18-36 found widespread fears about divorce—even among those whose parents hadn't divorced. ...
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Tim Keller on How His Wife Got His Attention
When Tim Keller moved his family to New York City to start Redeemer Presbyterian Church, he asked his wife Kathy to grant him three years of long hours, ...
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Businessman Changes a Woman's Life by Refusing Her Sexual Advances
Gary Thomas tells the following story about a friend of his who was on a business trip:
After the sessions an attractive young woman knocked on his hotel ...
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If You're Married, God Is Your Spiritual Father-in-Law
Gary Thomas reminds Christians that if you're married, God is your "spiritual Father-in-law." He writes:
When I realized that I was married ...
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Contemporary Thinkers Attempt to Define Marriage
In his book The Future of Marriage, David Blankenhorn has culled the following contemporary attempts to define marriage:
- "Marriage is, more than anything else, the expression of love" (George Easterbrook of the New Republic).
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Husband Drives Away and Forgets His Wife
The story, published in a British newspaper, began with the following sentence: "Heartfelt commiseration to Dorothy Naylor of Plymouth, whose recent ...
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Newlyweds Endure Snowstorm, Flood, and Earthquake
Every marriage has its share of trials and troubles. But imagine going off on your honeymoon and getting victimized by six natural disasters! That's ...
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