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Sex & Intimacy

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God’s Design for Sex Reveals His Heart For Us

Husbands can reveal God’s loving, self-sacrificing movement into people’s hearts by the way they treat their wife. And wives can reveal God’s invitation to be filled with His strengthening presence.

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Sex Is a Good Gift From God

Sex clubs, Internet porn, AIDS . . . with so much bad news, it’s easy to forget what God intended sex to be.

A couple stands closely with their foreheads touching in an intimate moment, symbolizing a connection that might raise considerations around topics like premarital sex. The pair appears deeply emotional and close, set against a serene, natural backdrop.

Sex Is Not About Waiting: Everything You Need to Know About Premarital Sex

Some see sex as a means to an end. But when something is reduced to a utilitarian process, it ceases to be beautiful. Waiting for sex helps couples find its true value: unity.

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The Secret to Sexual Intimacy With Your Spouse

When you choose to be affirming, encouraging and giving, you stimulate positive emotions in your spouse. Couples who understand this learn how to make love, not just have sex.

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How to Avoid or End an Affair

Consider the following ways to avoid or end an extramarital affair and learn about the importance of knowing your spouse’s primary needs.

The Sexual-Spiritual Union of a Man and Woman

A good marriage is a mystery on many different levels.

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Sex as a Picture of the Inner Life of God

God creates man and woman as reflections of the image of the Trinity.

How We Dishonor God in Our Sex Lives Through Sexual Sin

We dishonor God when we fail to mirror the Trinitarian reality and beauty in our relationships.

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Naked and Unashamed: Keeping a Pure Marriage

Differing perspectives and fears about our imperfections can make Biblical intimacy challenging. Learn how to develop pure intimacy in your marriage through embracing your differences.

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Date Night With Your Spouse: The Thrill of Commitment

We live in a culture that has either forgotten or rejected the idea of marriage as a covenant.  Couples who want to go the distance in their relationship need to rediscover it.

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A Deeper Level of Intimacy

Spiritual friendship is eagerly helping each other know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.

For Life

NFL coach Mike Shanahan has said, “Individual commitment to a group effort—that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

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Making TIME for Intimacy

Time, or lack of it, is the biggest enemy of intimacy. Americans are generally very busy people, and many of them say stress is negatively affecting their lives. Authors Dave and Claudia Arp, in their book No Time for Sex, recount a conversation with one of their psychologist friends who said, “If you don’t talk, …

Love in Action

A working definition of nourishing is demonstrating your love. It involves a conscious resolution to identify your spouse’s strengths and find creative ways to stimulate them.

To-ma-to, To-mah-to

Healthy conflict can actually be a pathway to deeper intimacy in your marriage.

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Black and White vs. Shades of Grey

If God’s Word is clear about some basic black-and-white sexual issues, what’s a believer to do with the shades of grey that are redefining sex in our culture?

Let the Good Times Roll

Thriving couples cultivate common hobbies and undertake shared adventures through regular Date Nights!

The Enticing Fruit of False Intimacy

False intimacy promises an emotional high but leaves us empty. Learn how to identify false intimacy and replace it with biblical intimacy.

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Why Women Are Drawn to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Discover five basic longings in a woman’s heart — and how the counterfeit fulfillment of those longings can be dangerous.

Creative Problem-Solving

When was the last time you and your spouse truly viewed yourselves as a team?