We live in a culture that is so feminized that whenever a marriage is in trouble, the husband is to blame and some type of abuse is the reason. Take the Kendrick brother movies. It’s always the husbands who are at fault. Here’s something one woman wrote on my social media? “The woman that made the greatest impact on me was physically abused by her husband. She had a legitimate case of abuse. She was the gentlest, sweetest, most forgiving,…
Written by Trey M. I grew up in a home where my father was not saved. My mother took my brother and me to church every time the doors were open, and my father did not object. We went to Sunday School, Church, VBS, summer church camps; everything the church had to offer for children and youth. The times my father wanted to do something else on Sunday (go camping or fishing), my mother joyfully went, participated, and never complained…
This Catholic man, Harrison Butker, gave the commencement speech at a Catholic College. He encouraged the graduating women to be wives, mothers, and homemakers. He received a loud, thunderous applause to this! Why can’t all Christian colleges encourage the young women in this way? Why can’t all Christian pastors preach this? Why aren’t all godly, older women teaching this to the younger women? Why??? “For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all…
Written By Ken Alexander “God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.” (Max Lucado). If you go into marriage with the idea that my spouse needs to love me “just the way I am,” you will be in for some surprises. Sure he/she loves you for who you are, and he is willing to live with the “good, bad and ugly” because that is…
If a husband wants his wife to only wear modest dresses, wear her hair long, not watch soap operas nor read sexually provocative romance novels, make sure she trains the children to obey her, and have the home picked up and dinner ready when he gets home, she should willingly submit to him. He is not asking her to sin by asking her to do any of these things. Wives are commanded to submit to and obey their husbands in…
Connie Hultquist’s journey of trying to win her husband back while he was in and out of prison is riveting. May her testimony encourage all of you who are married to difficult husbands. She died in 2021. Here is her story in her own words. Jim and I met in 1966. He was 25. I was 18. He was wild and so was I. When we met, he had already been in and out of prison for about seven years…
There are three phrases that we hear often that have caused great harm to marriages. They are “happy wife, happy life,” meet my “emotional needs,” and fulfill my “love language.” They are now all used by women to manipulate their husband into treating them how they want to be treated. In essence, they have become head over their husbands and control them through these phrases, then will divorce their husbands if they don’t submit to their desires. “Happy wife, happy…
“The American woman of today is not very different from her mother or grandmother. She is equally attached to the classic feminine values – sexual attractiveness, motherly devotion, and the nurturing role in home and community affairs. She is not a great figure in public life or the professions. And like most men, she is repelled by the slogans of old-fashioned feminism.” This was in “Harpers Magazine” in October of 1962. Women of this time were rejecting feminism of the…
By Lisa Vitello “Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.” 1 Peter 3:6 Haven’t we all read 1 Peter 3 again and again – seeking for the gentle spirit, the restful demeanor, so that we might be “precious in the sight of God?” I know I have for at least the last 20 years of my married life. (I won’t say my…
My tips for a lifelong marriage on my 43rd wedding anniversary ~ • Marry a believer in Jesus Christ • Learn from a godly, older woman • Forgive freely • Pour love and grace upon him • Don’t expect him to make you happy • Don’t hold grudges • Don’t get your feelings hurt • No pity parties • Don’t quarrel nor manipulate • Give sexual intimacy freely • Submit to and respect him • Don’t need the last word…