My inbox is filled with questions from spouses telling me about their hardships regarding sexual intimacy in their marriage. I have maybe 100 such emails, and I often feel bad that I cannot get to each and every one. I imagine these individuals finally, painfully telling the details of their concerns and hoping to find some answer […]
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In the course of my life and as I’ve grown this ministry, I’ve become convinced of this truth: Whatever the Bible says about how we should be outside the bedroom applies to how we should be inside the bedroom as well. Not only are there specific verses about marriage and sexuality in the Bible, but
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What’s the point of sex anyway? Historically in the Church and in our society currently, we often misunderstand the real purpose of sex. There are three basic reasons for God’s gift of sex in marriage. Reproduction. Genesis 1:27-28 says: “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female
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I know marriage authors who far prefer talking about making love than having sex. For the most part, it seems a bit po-tay-to, po-tah-to to me. If I say “make love,” y’all all know I’m talking about having sex with your spouse. And from a writer’s perspective, it’s nice to have more than one way to express
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Julie Sibert of Intimacy in Marriage started it, by posting 9 Things I’d Say about Sex If I Had No Filter. A few others (like Generous Husband) joined in on this concept, and I’ve decided to give it a go as well. This was a real challenge, though, because I kind of don’t have a filter.
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