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Having been involved in family ministry for over 18 years, I have walked alongside many men struggling with some form of pornography. I can count on one hand the men that I've known that truly are not tempted and don't struggle with the unabashed access we now have to online sex and nudity.
Can you trust your spouse to be there for you, no matter what? Do you sense that he or she understands and values you? Despite any hardships your marriage may endure, do you believe your spouse always
Another wife just walked away from her marriage. We hear it all too often. But why? They weren't getting the love they needed? Or they just weren't happy. Is my marriage all about me and my needs? Sadly, that's what our society teaches.
I grew up in an era where the prevailing thought was, "You can look as long as you don't touch." Sadly, this was the "manly motto" that most boys heard as they matured into young men. It was a lie then, and it still is today. The natural outcome of this philosophy has led millions of boys and men into a pattern of porn that has reached pandemic proportions.
I wish it were possible for me to emphasize just how critical this masculine understanding is to family stability. Sociologist George Gilder said it best in his excellent book Sexual Suicide. He makes it clear that single men (as a class) are often a threat to society. Until they accept responsibility for families, their sexual aggression is largely unbridled and potentially destructive.
What you have observed by looking around your social circles is born out by the numbers: According to nearly every relevant statistic, the institution of marriage is in serious trouble. The Council on Families in America reports that half of first marriages are likely to end in divorce.
To be honest, many of you husbands and fathers have been thinking about something else. Your wives have been busy attending seminars and reading family literature and studying the Bible, but they can't even get you to enter a discussion about what they've learned. You've been intoxicated with your work and the ego support it provides.
The welfare of every marriage hinges on the mutual admiration and adoration husbands and wives have for one another. On todays Family Talkbroadcast, popular author and speaker Dr. Emerson Eggerichs delivers a message based on his best-selling book, Love and Respect. He highlights the importance of spouses valuing each other, and clarifies some of the different dynamics between the sexes.
According to Jon and Marylois Gibson, there are two important rules for a committed, dating Christian couple. #1: flee from sexual immorality. #2: receive premarital counseling. On today’s edition of Family Talk, we celebrate the Gibson’s 50th golden wedding anniversary, and together with their dear friend, Dr. James Dobson, they discuss that God designed sex exclusively to cement husband and wife in the marital bed, and they urge listeners to avoid temptation.
On today’s edition of Family Talk, Jon and Marylois Gibson share practical advice on how to have a marriage that lasts, having just celebrated their 50th anniversary. Throughout their relationship, the Gibsons have learned that love is not a feeling, but a commitment. Despite the fact that neither of them had healthy marriage models growing up, they each recognized the Lord had put them together and divorce was never an option. As they prayed together, the Lord revealed that the key was to serve each other. By putting the needs of the other ahead of their own, Jon and Marylois were transformed by God’s grace.
