Hurting Marriage Articles

  • Grace and Truth: Two Extremes

    Sex should be a fantastic stress-reliever within marriage. But I’ve seen stress do the exact opposite: the anxiety it produces leaves one or both spouses exhausted and sexually unresponsive.

  • The Enemy of Sexual Fulfillment: Unresolved Anger

    We don’t always talk about it in church or among our friends, but sexual problems are one of the main causes of tension between married couples.

  • Confrontation with Kindness

    In marriage, there will be many occasions when we must confront our spouses about something they’ve done that we don’t like. It might be a slight concern or annoyance. It could be a larger, more serious offense.

  • Weak Husbands and Dominant Wives

    No one would have dreamed Brad and Sue had marriage problems. From the outside, their relationship looked perfect. Everyone loved being around them because they were so easy to get along with, but no one noticed their deteriorating marriage.

  • First Three Minutes are the Most Important

    This is part three in a four part series on conflict resolution. In the previous two parts of this article series, I’ve talked about the importance of being honest about our anger and dealing with our anger today . In this article, I am going to talk about the importance of how we confront each [...]