The following are our compiled resources on the topic of marriage. What a weighty subject this is. Paul says in Ephesians 5:25 that husbands are called to love their wives as Christ so loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
I’ll Be Honest: The Hidden Dangers of Emotional Affairs and Adultery
I’ll Be Honest: The Hidden Dangers of Emotional Affairs and Adultery
Emotional affairs often begin subtly, forming deep, inappropriate attachments that can devastate marriages and dishonor God.
How to Encourage My Husband When He Fails?
How to Encourage My Husband When He Fails?
Question: How can I encourage my husband when he falls short? This was asked during a Question and Answer Session at 2021 Fellowship Conference.
Marriage, Family and Parenting
Marriage, Family and Parenting
What are some principles that can help with being a godly spouse and a godly parent? In this video, Paul Washer deals with multiple topics and in the second half answers questions from the audience.
Proverbs: The Excellent Wife
Proverbs: The Excellent Wife
The book of Proverbs provides us invaluable wisdom on godly qualities that a man should be looking for in a prospective wife, as well as qualities that every...
Marriage, Work, and Public School
Marriage, Work, and Public School
Should a Christian man marry a woman who has different views on whether or not she should homeschool the children instead of pursuing a career?
Men: Do You Get Angry at Your Wives?
Men: Do You Get Angry at Your Wives?
Married men: don't pretend to have a glowing testimony in the church when you have wicked outbursts of anger against your wife. Don't try to hide it or justify it, but rather confess it and put it to death.
Obeying God by Disobeying My Husband?
Obeying God by Disobeying My Husband?
The Bible clearly commands wives to submit to their husbands. But is there a time when wives should disobey? Is it possible to disobey their husbands graciously and respectfully?
Don’t Look for Perfection in a Spouse
Don’t Look for Perfection in a Spouse
Single Christians who want to be married should not be expecting perfection in a potential spouse and setting unreasonable standards.
Marriage Advice for Christians
Marriage Advice for Christians
What marriage advice can you give to those who are married? What are the strongest encouragements or strongest points of exhortation...
Marriage Advice: Keep Dating Your Wife
Marriage Advice: Keep Dating Your Wife
As a husband, you need to keep dating your wife; that is intentionally spending quality time together in order to maintain the freshness of the marriage.
Biblically Approaching Marriage Struggles
Biblically Approaching Marriage Struggles
In order to overcome marriage struggles We must stay gospel-centered in our marriages. The more the husband grows in the revelation of God's...
Always Trusting in the Lord
Always Trusting in the Lord
So, how much of your life are you to be acknowledging the Lord in? The verse says, "In all your ways acknowledge Him." That covers quite a bit of territory.
Our Marriage to Christ is Most Important
Our Marriage to Christ is Most Important
Marriage is indeed important and defining in the believer's life, but it is not the most important thing to be said of the Christian's life.
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Appreciate Your Spouse: You Got the Better End of the Deal | Necessity of Communication in Marriage | As for God His Way is Perfect
Thoughts on Marriage for Newlyweds
Thoughts on Marriage for Newlyweds
The secret of a lasting marriage and a happy marriage is in perpetually, continually, habitually giving God the number one position, purpose and passion in your lives and marriage.
Does Sex Equal Marriage in God’s Eyes?
Does Sex Equal Marriage in God’s Eyes?
Someone asked, "Are only virgin marriages legitimate? I was told by a group that I am in adultery because I was not a virgin when I got married... according to this group sex is marriage."
My Wife is Giving Money to People Who Ask
My Wife is Giving Money to People Who Ask
Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.
The Love of Christ in Every Marriage
The Love of Christ in Every Marriage
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Some Plain Words on Marriage, Sex & Judgment
Some Plain Words on Marriage, Sex & Judgment
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Marriage: How NOT to Obey Ephesians 5 (Part 6)
Marriage: How NOT to Obey Ephesians 5 (Part 6)
Do not obey Ephesians 5 as though marriage is the source of ultimate satisfaction.
The Godly Woman (Part 3)
The Godly Woman (Part 3)
1. She is the helper to him as a companion and intimate friend. 2. She is the helper to him as the queen of the domestic domain. 3. She is the lover who shares with him in passion and pleasure. 4. She is the mother and nurturer who helps him in procreation.
Men and Women: Who are We? (Part 1)
Men and Women: Who are We? (Part 1)
We live in a day when confusion is rampant--both within the church and without--on the issue of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
Should I Marry Someone Because of Outward Beauty?
Should I Marry Someone Because of Outward Beauty?
Young men, we live in a world that tells you to chase a woman because of outward beauty.
Don’t Allow Your Marriage to Fail Like Samson’s
Don’t Allow Your Marriage to Fail Like Samson’s
Consequence is a result or a outcome of a decision or event that happened earlier. Right? And so when we make decisions there are consequences that come as a result of that. So if someone takes a wife from among the p...
Biblical Courtship Session #1: Introduction
Biblical Courtship Session #1: Introduction
In this video, Paul Washer introduces a teaching series for young adults and their parents on relationships with the opposite sex.
How Can You Love Others If You Can’t Love Your Wife?
How Can You Love Others If You Can’t Love Your Wife?
Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. 1 John 4:20 - If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Are You Ready for a Relationship?
Are You Ready for a Relationship?
You must earn the right to have a relationship with a daughter of God. In this teaching session on Biblical Manhood, Paul Washer explains what a young man must be in order to consider beginning a relationship with the opposite sex. For more HeartCry Media, visit us online at: heartcrymissionary.com/
A Young Man’s Attitude Towards Women
A Young Man’s Attitude Towards Women
Although our American culture has blurred the lines between masculinity and femininity, Christians are to be different in the way that they treat the opposite sex. In this teaching session on Biblical manhood, Paul Washer explains what kind of attitude that young men are supposed to have toward young women. For more HeartCry Media, visit us online at: heartcrymissionary.com/
Dating, Courtship, and Marriage
Dating, Courtship, and Marriage
Paul Washer talks about some of the things that are so greatly deceiving youths in their relationships.
Advice on Marriage and Parenting
Advice on Marriage and Parenting
Bob talks about marriage and gives some advice on parenting.
Time is Short. Don’t Set Your Hopes on Marriage
Time is Short. Don’t Set Your Hopes on Marriage
Don't set your hopes on marriage, but on knowing Christ and living for Him. What does, "let those who have wives live as though they had none" mean?
Using Time for Eternal Things (in the Context of Marriage)
Using Time for Eternal Things (in the Context of Marriage)
A sermon on viewing marriage in light of eternity. 29 This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, 30 and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, 31 and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away. 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Is Birth Control Biblical?
Is Birth Control Biblical?
Someone asks a question about birth control and if it is biblical. Some people may not realize it, but there are some sorts of birth control that are a form of abortion and therefore the people are committing murder.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.
Delivered by Desire by Daryl Wingerd