Monsoons in Your Marriage?
After years of marriage, has the love slowly continued to dry up? Is the word “desert” the right one to describe your relationship? Do you try grand sacrificial gestures, promises of change, exotic and expensive family trips, extravagant presents…hoping something will help?
These often do little to nothing to move the needle as you and your spouse continue to grow further and further apart.
Hug the Porcupine
As I got to know the couple, how the Gospel showed up in their situation became evident. I told the husband that because of Christ, he needed to hug his porcupine. He looked at me like I was a bit weird (which I am). I then went on to explain how the Gospel works.
Why am I Not Enough for You? Understanding Pornography Addiction
When a man indulges in pornography, he is indeed making a choice to cheat. He is not only choosing porn over his wife; he is choosing porn over Christ. The porn addict is saying with his actions that Jesus is not enough.
Choosing Option C in Your Marriage
Just like Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves to try to fix their problems, many counselors and therapists will give a lot of tips and tools on how to communicate better, how to have better sex, how to have a better spouse before the weekend, how to do, do, do. Yet for all of our best efforts, we will fall frustratingly short of God’s ultimate design and purpose for marriage.
Reconciling the Irreconcilable
You want something to be a certain way but your spouse stubbornly can’t see things the “correct way” and wants something else. So now what?
What’s the Difference Between Biblical Counseling and Christian Psychology? (video)
What About Our Name?
But why us? Why do we counsel in Arizona? Why are we counseling at all in general? More specifically, what does the term “biblical counseling” mean to us?
Complementary Sex
Nowhere is a married couple’s understanding of their complementary union more profoundly demonstrated than in the marriage bed.