Delaying marriage until you can afford an extravagant wedding with all the trimmings is unnecessary. I love officiating weddings. It’s one of the best parts of my job. Over the past few years during our nation’s recession, weddings seem to be so much cheaper and streamlined. I like that. Nothing wrong with a big, fancy…
Have you ever wondered exactly what the Apostle Paul meant when he talked about serving one another in the context of marriage? If you recall, he argued that the husband is to be the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. People often stop reading after the first half of that…
Before marriage it’s really hard to experience enough life together to know the ups and downs that give them the a clear picture of what married life will look like. I know this because it’s not uncommon for a couple to walk into my office and explain that after a few years of marriage, they…
Just a few days ago, I was talking with a friend over lunch and the topic turned from the general how do you do’s to the more tender and personal stuff that guys don’t often talk about. Having both recently come off of breakups we began talking about relationships, women, marriage and finding the one….
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior” (Ephesians 5:22-23). In a recent premarital counseling session, things got pretty heated and rather uncomfortable when the topic of authority and…
