Marriage

As most couples approach marriage, each partner holds unrealistic expectations and unknown expectations. Our unrealistic expectations stem from a lack of true understanding of what marriage really is, but our unknown expectations can be even trickier, leaving us frustrated and confused but not entirely sure why.

Conflict is a common occurrence in marriage. Two sinful people bound together, living together, making decisions or not making decisions together, there will always be conflict. But a healthy marriage isn’t defined by the absence of conflict, it’s defined by the way a couple communicates through and resolves their conflict. In this podcast, Michael and Cindy discuss how to approach conflict in a nonthreatening way.

All great stories have conflict.

Hebrews 4:12 tells us that the word of God is living and active, and that it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. If this is true, how important might the study of God’s Word truly be in relation to the health and strength of our marriages? What if the more we delve into God’s Word, the more happy, healthy, and holy our marriages become?

The Bible opens with a marriage and closes with a marriage, and there are stories permeating the entire text about good and bad examples of marriage. Certainly God cares about your marriage and has plans to use your marriage for His eternal purpose and plan. But God’s Word doesn’t speak on it’s own, you have to open it, read it, study it, and apply it. But how do we do it? Join Michael and Cindy as they discuss just that.

In all of scripture, God asks man to keep one covenant. It’s not a covenant of salvation or a covenant of good works; it’s the covenant of marriage. As we dream up, plan, and prepare for our wedding ceremonies, what’s really going on behind the scenes as God prepares to join two sinful human beings together, supernaturally making two become one?

In a culture that worships independence, what exactly does “two becoming one” mean or even look like in today’s Christian marriage? In this broadcast, join Michael and Cindy’s discussion about why we get married and God’s true purpose for marriage.

What if true spiritual leadership was marked by an innate belief that God’s Word, God’s Spirit, and God’s people were the most important elements to a rich and strong marriage, and out of that innate belief a man lived his life differently, viewed his marriage differently, and treated his wife and children differently?

Why does the woman drop her maiden name and take on the husband’s last name? This isn’t a “man’s world” cultural tradition. It’s a biblical concept. In this broadcast/podcast, Michael takes us back to the creation story in Genesis and shows us the Biblical perspective on a shared last name.

When a male leads on the ballroom dance floor, he leads with strength and clear cues so his partner knows what steps she’ll take next. The female dancer has to place complete confidence and trust in her male counterpart, as much of the time she is being led to dance backwards. When Michael and Cindy first took dance lessons, they noticed that a lot of their interaction on the dance floor was very symbolic of their roles in marriage. Hear more in this podcast/broadcast about submission in marriage and on the dance floor.