When you meet someone you really like, it’s easy to start making compromises on some…
In the Church, sometimes we make people who aren’t married feel like the JV team.…
A new study has found that married people are happier than those who never tied…
Dear RELEVANT, I am newly married, and I have an awful relationship with my in-laws.…
I have a secret I’d like to share with you: My husband loves someone else…
The epidemic of extravagant weddings is seeping into our culture in an unmistakable way. Turn…
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I was mid-way through my twenties when I faced the reality of divorce. My twenties…
When I was single, there was a temptation to think of marriage as a goal.…
Singleness is often viewed as an undesirable life stage. If you ask anyone in the…
Lately, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about the effects of the Evangelical purity culture…
Stranger Things‘ star Millie Bobby Brown dropped some eyebrow-raising news this morning when the 19-year-old…
I’ve been engaged for a little over a year now, and during this time, many…
As a sixth grader, I went to a big Christian summer camp where the speaker…
For a lot of people, marriage is a goal of adulthood. But aside from the obvious perks…
Television marriages are largely terrible. For the most part, they feature either bumbling husbands who…
The concept of “submission” has long been a sticky subject in Christian circles. The term…
We had been married just over a year. After another demanding week at work, neither…
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues,…
Last week, I saw a woman slam the car door in her husband’s face and…
When a couple that has been dating for two and a half years hears the…
Dating—in person, online or blind—is prized in our culture, and most of us think of…
When it comes to Christians and newlywed sex, there are usually two extremes. For some…
Did you ever think someone could show you love through a bologna sandwich? I didn’t…
A sure sign of any healthy relationship is the fact that it continually grows. Of course, many would say that growing slowly together is a good thing, and keeping things casual at first can help. But can casual dating ever get in the way of real growth?
As a professional counselor, I have worked with countless couples whose problems and strife stemmed…
The first time I met Sarah and Tom, I thought that they were a special…
RELEVANT looks at how sex can be hard to resist before marriage—and how confusing it can be after the wedding day.
Your and my ideas of marriage are shaped by what we see or have seen…
Tor Constantino writes a blog for RELEVANT listing seven keys to fighting well in a relationship.
John Piper’s Desiring God site is well-known for being an unending fount of some of…
Daniel Darling writes for RELEVANT about how to spend your time while you’re in the waiting room of life.
Most people know the oft-quoted stat: close to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce.…
No other word in human language has been misconstrued, mistrusted, celebrated, worshipped and cursed more…
The first challenge most marriages must endure does not come from trials and tribulation, but…
I got an email from a young man who was feeling frustrated with relationships. He…
Ever wish you had the answers to a test before you walked into the classroom?…
It’s often unspoken but there’s one lie common in church circles I want to address.…
The Christmas countdown is officially on! And how do we know? Because the Marks &…
“I do.” These are the words many single young adults dream of saying. I remember…