By Pete Briscoe
December 15, 2019
When I’m talking with a struggling couple, I like to paint a vision for them. I’ll talk about a year—many years—in the future when they’re sitting in rocking chairs
By Pete Briscoe
December 14, 2019
If you’re stuck in a miserable marriage, then that no-out clause—till death do us part—is looming large before you, right? And since we’ve already covered Jesus’ view
By Pete Briscoe
December 13, 2019
When I study marriage texts, the absolutes don’t bother me. It’s obvious there isn’t much wiggle room for the permanence of marriage, and I’m okay with that
By Pete Briscoe
December 12, 2019
There are very few permanent things in this temporal world. Love can be one of those when experienced God’s way. In the context of marriage, an abstract idea
By Pete Briscoe
December 11, 2019
The day I married my wife, I made some remarkable promises. She became my lawful wedded wife from that day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer
By Pete Briscoe
December 10, 2019
Rather than store relational hurts—one at a time—in order to avoid conflict, it’s better to address them as they happen.
Paul writes in his letter to Ephesus:
By Pete Briscoe
December 9, 2019
Surely we can’t avoid anger, but how can we avoid explosive arguments? For those of us who want to stop stuffing our hurts so we don’t have to carry them around
By Pete Briscoe
December 8, 2019
I have a message for all you fellow gunnysackers out there. You know who you are.
In marriage, you avoid saying what needs to be said. You stuff your hurts
By Pete Briscoe
December 7, 2019
If you’re in any relationship, you know what it means to be hurt by something that is said or done—or something that isn’t said or done.
By Pete Briscoe
December 6, 2019
My wife and I went to a marriage counselor a number of years ago to get some help. He came back with a stinging diagnosis: We were “pretenders.”