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Entries for the ‘Marriage and Family’ Category

Why not 40 days?

I found this on the front page of Drudge.  (I don’t believe it is up anymore.)
Florida pastor Paul Wirth wants his parishioners to make love — a whole lot of love.
Wirth said the supposed 50 percent divorce rate is the reason behind the 30-Day Sex Challenge.
He said too many couples let the stress of jobs [...]

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Could Christian Books be at fault for divorce?

Okay, I realize that it is a provocative title, but I have some serious questions about the wisdom of some of these books.
A good number of Christian marriage books run around and tell the husband and wife that it is the husband’s job to do what ever the wife asks, without question or hesitation. [...]

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Is Divorce on the rise or the decline?

It would appear to be the decline.
The story of ever-increasing divorce is a powerful narrative. It is also wrong. In fact, the divorce rate has been falling continuously over the past quarter-century, and is now at its lowest level since 1970. While marriage rates are also declining, those marriages that do occur are increasingly more [...]

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Follow up on Joe Beam

A few days back I posted on Joe Beam and his ministry to married couples…promoting, for lack of a better term, hot sex between a man and wife.
As one could expect with this sort of ministry, it has generated a great deal of controversy and discussion. One place that has an opinion is Red/Blue [...]

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