The Spouse with the Hammering Attitude

Have you ever picked up a bad attitude and used it to pound away at your spouse, almost like swinging a hammer? And when you’re hammering away have you noticed that you don’t even care about the ways in which you hurt your spouse and others who witness it all? Read More…

A Pharisee’s Attitude in Marriage?

One of the things we’ve always said is that the ministry of Marriage Missions helps our marriage as much as it helps anyone else’s. We say that for two reasons. One, in studying marriage to help other marriages, we learn a lot to apply to our own marriage relationship. It’s Read More…

Marital Junk Mail: Stinking Thinking

Are you getting a lot of junk mail lately like we are? We’re receiving ads to all kinds of things we don’t need or want. But what about marital junk mail that tries to invade and distort our thoughts about our spouse and our marital relationship? Isn’t that similar to Read More…

Marital Junk Mail: Stinking Thinking

Are you getting a lot of junk mail lately? We sure are! We’re receiving ads to all kinds of things we don’t need or want. Specifically, we receive SO MANY invitations to “vacation opportunities” and more that we could never afford. And now it’s even worse, with elections coming up Read More…

Small Reminders Can Make Big Differences

Have you ever had it happen to you where God flashed small reminders within your mind that made positive differences when you did what God prompted? Those small reminders most likely prevented you from doing something stupid or sinful. That’s what happened to me today. I was praying about what Read More…

Sin Can Be Catchy

We’re not sure if you have observed what we have, but it appears that sin can be catchy. We often grab onto that, which we shouldn’t. Just like you can catch the flu or another affliction through germs that attach onto you from someone else, sin can be contagious too. Read More…

Marriage as a Spiritual Mirror – MM #169

“What marriage has done for me is hold up a spiritual mirror to my sin. It forces me to face myself honestly and consider my character flaws, selfishness, and anti-Christian attitudes. It encourages me to be sanctified [set apart for God’s use] and cleansed, and to grow in godliness.” (Gary Thomas) Read More…

RATIONALIZING SINFUL BEHAVIOR: The Downward Spiral

For all that is in the world —the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life —is not of the Father but is of the world. (1 John 2:16) The following is written by Dr. Tim Clinton explaining how sometimes, when we’re caught up in Read More…