When it comes to growing your marriage, someone has to go first. In my new book, The Path of Intimacy, I make it clear that your marriage relationship is on one of two paths: The Path of Intimacy or The Path of Separation. There is no middle ground between the two where you can simply …
Jesus is the only valid definition of a husband’s authority in marriage. In my last two posts, I explained that what the Bible mostly teaches us about marriage deals with the heart attitudes husbands and wives should take toward one another. Though many see these scriptures mostly as an explanation of hierarchy and roles, I …
The Bible’s instructions on marriage have less to do with “roles” and more to do with attitudes of the heart. In my last post, I explained why I consider myself a megamysterian (as opposed to a complementarian or an egalitarian). The megaysterian idea comes from Ephesians 5:32, where Paul explains that his instructions on marriage come …
Is it time to drop the labels and investigate the beautiful mystery of the bridal paradigm? As a long-time marriage blogger, I’ve read a lot on both sides of the egalitarian vs. complementarian debate. I’ve finally come to the conclusion that these labels are not very useful in discussing gender roles in marriage because they …
What Headship is not: Nice Guy, Dictator, or Manipulator A Men Only Monday post As I explained last week, the biblical model for marriage Paul gives us in Ephesians 5 is that, as a husband, you have the role of head, “as Christ is head of the church.” Being head is not a role you …
