Online dating is a big business these days. When Beth and Steve met online over 12 years ago it was a real taboo and something that a lot of their friends and family felt wasn’t a safe or wise thing to do. Now ‘more than 20 million people visit at…
In a culture that minimizes infidelity and its devastating effects, best-selling author Jerry Jenkins gives strong but practical advice: plant preventive hedges around your marriage. You will face many enemies, but there is a way to deal with sexual temptation long before it occurs — and to stay faithful for…
We’ve probably all seen similar statistics in Ireland: The divorce rate has risen… Cohabitation is increasingly a preferred option…and, The ages in which people are getting married has increased. However, despite much of the “bad press,” Recent research (compiled by Margaret Fine-Davis, Trinity College Dublin), indicates that marriage is still…
The reality of marriage today is pretty complex and it can be full of disappointments. All too often we hear of it leading to marriage breakdown – but it doesn’t have to. Working on yourself and your relationship can be the highlight of your life! Laying a solid foundation in…
The central message to this radio is series is that although both husbands and wives need love and respect for one another, for marriages to thrive there is a need for more love from husbands and more respect from wives . If this is in play and properly understood, as there are…
If you’re seeing “red-flags” in a person before marriage; it’s probably for a good reason. Most people get “cold feet” at some stage because it is a big decision! So, get good counsel. Heed the warning signs. And learn from the good—and bad–examples of others. Vincent Hughes, along with our own Stephen…
The strength of any fabric—from the sheerest muslins to the sturdiest upholstery—is its pattern of tightly woven threads. Similarly, the social institution of marriage is a pattern that strengthens the fabric of families, churches, communities and countries. The words social institution may seem like an academic way to describe what we often…
It takes a lot to mess up a marriage, just as it takes a lot to make a marriage work. In my professional experience as a relationship counsellor and my 29 years of marriage, I believe that most of us enter into this most important relationship with high hopes and…
by Michelle Cox I’m sure it must have been a huge shock when my husband discovered that his new bride wasn’t perfect. By the time our wedding day arrived, we were best friends as well as sweethearts, but that didn’t lessen the impact of discovering we’d have to make major adjustments as…
Written by Mitch Temple Ten practical tips to help and encourage a friend in a struggling marriage: Pray for them by name. Ask God to intervene in their marriage. Ask God to give you and others wisdom to know how to help. Pray in their presence as well as when alone.…