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Hebrews 13:4

Honor your marriage and its vows, and be pure. The husband-wife relationship is more important than the parent-child relationship.  You are preparing your children to leave someday.  But remember, your mate will be there for the long haul.  ~ Dr … Continue reading

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Job 29:14, 16 and Proverbs 31:26

Job: “I put on righteousness and it clothed me… I was a father to the needy.” Proverbs: “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” A man of God is described in Job … Continue reading

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Titus 2:4

Encourage the young woman to love their husbands, to love their children, to be… good managers of the household. For a wife and mother, loving her home means deciding consciously that her home comes before everything else in the human … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:28

He who loves his wife loves himself. Women do not necessarily want to be liberated from male leadership, only from bad male leadership.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. You can … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband.  IN the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Marriage is a mutual yielding of everything that … Continue reading

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Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives. Whoever first said this is right:  the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 15:58

Stand firm.  Let nothing move you.  Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. One of the best gifts a godly man can give his family is a sense of stability in this unstable world.  ~ Dr T. … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:24

You wives must willingly obey your husbands in everything, just as the Church obeys Christ.  And your husbands, show the same kind of love to your wives as Christ showed the Church when he died for her. Marriage is a … Continue reading

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Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Fathers, do not neglect the spiritual rearing of your children.  That is your responsibility.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 13:7

Love…believes all things, hopes all things. When husbands are critical of their wives, I say, “OK, she has a problem.  What is your strategy for helping her to overcome it?”  They usually do not have one.  Don’t criticize, strategize!   ~ … Continue reading

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