Relationships and biblical sexual morality have long been in a state of tension, a fact which is every bit as evident in contemporary society as it was in the first century. Never one to back away from a controversial question, the Apostle Paul admonished believers that, if they “cannot contain themselves (sexually), let them marry,…
Sitting around and drinking coffee, my friend and I were sharing wedding night stories. Having both been married a few years, we were flashing back to our first night with our husbands and how we really had no idea what we were getting into. My friend, Ashley, had a vision of what she wanted her…
For individuals with a Y chromosome, sex ranks high on their list of priorities. Men tend to be visually stimulated and physically inclined to act out their affections. To them, the desire for physical intimacy can be turned on quickly, somewhat akin to a light switch. Women, on the other hand, are generally wired in…
When we were dating, the infatuating love I felt for my husband was intense. It started strong and only grew. It felt like an electric force field radiated from him. The closer I got, the weaker my knees, the quicker my heart rate. He couldn’t touch me without me getting chills. Needless to say, dating…
If you think of marriage as a car, the metaphor of maintenance is one of the more obvious parallels that comes to mind. We don’t change our oil, rotate our tires, and buy expensive insurance plans because we need those things today. We do it because we know future cost will be worse if we…
