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6 Ways to Promote a Happy Relationship Karen, 38, and Kevin, 39, have been married for eight years and have fallen into the habit of bickering about small things and arguing often. On a daily basis, they no longer show appreciation for each other. As a result, their interactions have become...

Jesus: Good News of Great Happiness The angel’s message to the shepherds at Jesus’ birth condenses the gospel to its core. He said, “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people” (Luke 2:10). The gospel isn’t for some; it’s for all. The Greek adjective translated...

Quick Violence vs. Slow Violence: Luigi Mangione This article follows the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The murderer, Luigi Mangione, has received condemnation from the corporate media, Ben Shapiro, and some of the American public. Mangione, however, has more broadly received...

Living As An Introvert in a Big, Loud World According to the Meyers-Briggs Personality Inventory, I am an extreme introvert. This did not come as a surprise to me. I have always been what one might call shy. At the age of 68, I am still learning to live as an introvert in a big, loud world...

What does it mean to continue or endure? Quick Answer: What does it mean to continue or endure? What if we don’t continue in the faith? Will we lose our salvation? Passages that speak of the need to “continue” or “hold fast” are addressed to those who are not yet saved and still need to...

Tis The Season To Be Wonder Blessed God Is Our Wonderful Savior Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours...

3 Signs You’re Wrecking Your Marriage I was wrecking my marriage, and I didn’t even realize it. Five years in and I was ready to give up. I thought the problem was my husband. If he’d just “shape up,” we’d have a great marriage. He didn’t want to spend time with me, and he didn’t seem...

Working or Watching? [ 1 min read ★ ] We must work . . . while it is day; night is coming—John 9:4 Ever feel like you’re spending way too much of life watching? I mean, what’s your personal watching-to-working...

Failure is on the Menu [ 1 min read ★ ] I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities—2 Corinthians 12:10 We men are often just wrong about failure. It seems we’ve all decided that if we ever experience failure, we're then failures. It’s not...

Parenting Moment: Wrapped Presents & Our Child’s Gifting I smiled as I watched my son do his best to guess what a package contained. He shook it, noticing its sound. He took note of its size. He thought through everything that could possibly fit that description—or so he thought. I know he’ll be...

Praotes: Meekness not Weakness Meekness in the New Testament stems from the Greek word praotes. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness… Galatians 5.22-23 (KJV) praotes Praotes can mean meekness, gentleness, and mildness. It is...

Mary’s Magnificat: A Prophetic Hope for the Humbled As we enter the season of Advent, we embark on a journey of anticipation and preparation. Advent, derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming,” is a time set aside to reflect on the Incarnation of Jesus. It grounds us in the awe and...

Releasing Your Spouse’s Potential Sin is the ultimate destroyer of relationships. Not only does it make people do stupid and irresponsible things, but it distracts us from our purpose, dilutes the bond God created in marriage, and causes untold damage to families. But if we live out the...

4 Ways to Keep Romance Alive Even When You Feel Like You’re Dying I recently read an article that said childbirth is a bigger factor in divorce than infidelity. You’re more likely to split up because you had a baby than because one of you cheated. According to the Relationship Research...

Go Small to Go Big [ 1 min read ★ ] So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone—Galatians 6:10 Once we’ve decided to do something, we men often like to “go big.” We think to ourselves: if we’re going to do this thing, let’s really do it. We can bring this kind...

6 Tips to Rekindle Sexual Intimacy with Your Partner The most common complaint of couples that I work with today is that they have fallen out of love and the passion has dwindled between them. However, falling out of love usually does not occur overnight. Likewise, relationship repair takes...

Which Type of Man Are You? [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . my God, in whom I trust—Psalm 91:2 One type of Christian man trusts that what Jesus teaches is true . . . but only on an intellectual level. This man appreciates...

Gratitude in Play: 3 Practices From Ecclesiastes 3 Irish playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw once said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” This thought-provoking quote reminds us of the power of play—something we often neglect as adults. I...

Some Biblically-Based Resources for News and Current Events These days, we’re continually bombarded by “news” (which is sometimes more sensational than informative) that dwells on the sufferings, tragedies, and negatives of life. This unceasing avalanche of bad news, as well as rampant...

Look Again, Harder This Time [ 1 min read ★ ] . . . and they shall call his name Immanuel . . . God with us—Matthew 1:23 We men often feel alone. Even surrounded by family, friends, work colleagues, we can still feel very much alone. These feelings—not of loneliness, but...