The Importance Of A Christian Honeymoon

To help the newly married couple make the new and more intimate adjustments to each other that marriage requires, a honeymoon of some fashion is planned. “Very commonly the honeymoon takes the form of a trip. This affords a change in environment and removal from old associations. It has importance also in that it affords restful quiet. All this should be helpful in making memorable and pleasant the important transition from courtship to marriage, from the exciting or hectic anteroom to the... Read more »

Obstacles To A Christian Marriage

Marriage is an institution as old as the human race itself. It started in the Garden of Eden with our first parents. God blessed Adam and Eve: “Increase and multiply and fill the earth” (Gen. 1:28); and God’s fundamental laws with regard to marriage are well expressed by Adam: “Wherefore, a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh” (Gen. 2:24). Thus, marriage can be defined as a life long union between a man... Read more »

Finding The Right Reason To Marry

You’ve gone through the dating scene and enjoyed it. Some of your friends are starting to settle down and get married. This is the time in your life you may now ask the question, which is on every lip: “Why marry?” The reasons are countless. Not every reason, however, would suit you. Perhaps we should thumb through a working check list. Write down any reasons that appeal to you. Greater Comfort There is no question that marriage can give a man greater creature comforts. The familiar... Read more »

Discover The Truth About Marriage

Years ago, when couples married, they did not have any books to help them. They had no professional premarital counseling. And yet they and their generation developed far more stable families than we do today, with all our books, counseling and scientific knowledge. Why? In the first place, they had a much better chance of marrying “our kind of folks.” In Grandpa’s day the range of selection for most young folks was about as far as Dobbin could travel and get back the same day -... Read more »

A Guide Understanding Marital Problems

Marriage is both commonplace and intriguing, and it is only natural that through all the ages people have observed, commented on, and interpreted the marital behavior of other persons. Many of these observations, oft repeated, become part of the collective wisdom of society. One finds these comments in a number of places. Literary anthologies contain many case studies of marital problems or types, both in prose and poetic form. Books of familiar quotations are full of references to men, marriage,... Read more »

Understanding Values in Marital Problems

There are a relatively few basic social factors in American life which seem always to appear in the ultimate background of our marital problems. Some of these are common American practices in mate selection; others are characteristics of the national life as a whole, while still others concern emphases with existing families. All represent life values which are peculiar in varying degrees to the American people. There has been a curious reluctance in our current thinking to face the fundamental importance... Read more »

Contributory Factors to Marital Discord Explained

The most common contributory factors of marital discord are the intra-personal. The intra-personal factors will include those which are concerned with the personalities of the two partners and their fitness in various ways for the stresses and strains of marriage. Some Intra-Personal Factors Which Can Contribute to Marital Disorder A. Ignorance or misinformation. With more widespread projects concerned with education for marriage there is probably a steady lessening of ignorance and misinformation.... Read more »

Why Is Marriage Counseling Useful?

The word “counseling” is defined in many dictionaries as “giving advice” or “warning”. People in trouble in their marital relationships have always been the recipients of all kinds of well-meant advice, and in that “educational” sense marriage counseling is probably as old and as universal as marriage itself. It has been carried on through the centuries and in many parts of the world by interested relatives and friends, and by ministers, doctors, teachers,... Read more »

Essential Questions to Ask Before You Marry

Before you marry, you will face some of the most interesting questions of your lifetime. They are not all new to you. Ever since you were very young you have dreamed about the person you would marry. Perhaps you have experienced some unfortunate affairs in your dealings with the other sex that make you just a little anxious now that you are considering marriage. That is usual. All of us make mistakes. No one has a perfect score in love affairs or in anything else. The important thing is to recover... Read more »

Easy Guide to Coffee Wedding Favors

Planning a wedding and want a unique wedding favor to send home with your guests? Coffee wedding favors are a very popular and unique item that will be used with joy. Don’t get something that will just sit on a shelf and collect dust or worse yet get put in the back closet and your guests home. By giving a wedding coffee favor you can ensure that you are giving your guests something they will use. Not only will they enjoy using the gift they will enjoy thinking about the wonderful memories... Read more »