There's a distinction between love and marriage that is both easy to miss and difficult to understand. On top of that, cultural trends and re-interpretations complicate the definition of both love and marriage.

Love in marriage grows through mutual understanding—the dialog, or conversation. Love is stunted through a lack of mutual understanding, which is seen as the monolog—or one-way conversation. One or both parties want to be heard, but no one is listening.

If marriage is only based on love or romance, then what happens if love grows cold? We say that we're not in love anymore. And if it is all up to us, then it's easy to conclude that if one of us fails, the relationship is broken. Both views are based on humanistic underpinnings without roots in the Word of God.

Our definitions of love are either diluted or entirely false. We start off on the wrong foot when we don’t understand the real meaning of love—that it means certain actions, not certain feelings. What love is, and what love isn’t, reflects both the character of God and the imperatives of his Word.

A simple concept that will give new life to your marriage—the art of staying emotionally and spiritually connected at all times!

We are far too easily contented with what we contribute or not to our spouse in marriage, and we rarely stop to consider, what we are holding back?

Imagine facing life's toughest moments — the cutting remark, the unexpected bill, the plans that fall apart at the worst time — without losing your footing? Not by becoming cold or checked out, but by developing a deep calm, so it becomes your natural state of mind?

Kindness is woven so tightly into the definition of love that it's easy to skim past it. But if we slow down and look at what kindness actually asks of us, we find something far more demanding and far more rewarding than simple politeness.

An introduction to the art and practice of staying engaged in marriage.

A Wife of Character: Mothers in a Modern World. We thought it would be good to hear what an ancient biblical mother had to say about the qualities of a modern wife and mother. Her words, recorded in Proverbs 31, have shaped the way God's people have understood womanhood for thousands of years — and they still speak directly to us today.