The Bible teaches us that we should only marry a believer (1 Corinthians 7:39). Yet many people find themselves married to unbelievers. Maybe they were disobedient to God’s Word; maybe they only became believers after...
The man in the house, the husband and father, is called to give loving leadership to his family. If you want a good husband who takes responsibility, start in the right way: let him pursue you, do not pursue him. If you...
A Christian marriage is a marriage which has been instituted and functions according to biblical principles. It is a marriage between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:4,5). In a Christian marriage there...
My husband converted to Islam. How should I treat him? There is one passage in the Bible that speaks directly about this situation. You can find it in 1 Peter 3:1-6: “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own...
Marriage is a good gift from God. After God created Adam (Gen 2:7), He said that it is not good for the man to be alone, and so God created a helper for him (2:18). Being alone refers less to loneliness (as there is no...
God is the Lord over all of our lives, also over our married lives. So He has something to say about family planning. But what? How do we honor God in the area of family planning? The Bible consistently speaks about...
In the New Testament, the apostle Paul addresses an issue raised by the Corinthian church about marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:8, Paul says that with regard to the unmarried and widows, that it is good for them to stay...
Does God permit a divorced person to remarry while their former spouse is still alive? If a divorced person has already remarried, should they get divorced again? How does God feel when 2 people who were divorced get...
You need to know first of all why you want to begin a courtship. I hope it is not because you want to escape from home, or you are anxious because everybody else has a partner and you don’t, or you feel lonely and...
Throughout history, and still in parts of the world today, some Christians may sadly have no choice about the person they will marry, and may even be forced by family or society to marry against their will. However, if...