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Intimacy Anorexia: Reconnecting
Characteristics, continued… Withholding Spiritually. Intimacy anorexics can be very religious by attending church and sometimes even being the pastor or spiritual leader at the church. At home they...
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Intimacy Anorexia
In our research on sexual addiction, we have found that approximately one-third of the men who are sexual addicts who are married have a second major issue. We have also found out that about 40 percent...
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Safety Before Intimacy
The gentleman sitting before me was utterly demoralized, his face ashen with his long, graying hair falling into his face. Don looked down before he spoke. “I came here as a last ditch effort,” he...
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The Marriage That Works, Twerks—And Other Ways to Spice Up Your Love Life
What do you do when you’re more adventurous in bed than your husband, or he wants to do things that you’re not so sure of? Often we hesitate to spice things up because we’re a little scared of...
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Who Needs a Second Honeymoon? You!
Staying faithful doesn’t involve just not sleeping with someone other than your spouse. It means putting your best effort and energy into enhancing the romance you have with your mate. Faithfulness is...
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The Art of Marriage Maintenance
The bottom line for my marriage is that God has called my wife, Cheryl, and me to invest in the lives of other people. We know we can’t continue to pour into others until we pour into each other and...
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The Same-Old-Sex Syndrome
After about ten years of marriage, I noticed that intimacy with my husband had become . . . well . . . boring. In fact, I was so bored with the “same old sex” that I calculated in my mind approximately...
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Stay Pure
About four years into our marriage, I did something really stupid that hurt my wife, Amy. I was in our bedroom watching TV, just flipping through the channels with the remote. While Amy could hear the...
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The Myth of More Sex
The myth of having more sex— that if a wife was more sexually active with her husband, it would offset his sexual acting out — is a painful, false belief woven into the fabric of our culture. It...
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I Want Sex More Than My Husband Does
For many women, the “men always want more sex” stereotype has been fed to them for so many years that they assume their husband will always be initiating and constantly in the mood. When he isn’t, they...
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Can You Love Your Husband and Brad Pitt Too?
Brad Pitt? Sitting in a waiting room, I rummaged through stacks of magazines to pass the time. A magazine for families, I thought as I picked up a popular title. That ought to be safe. Thumbing...
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Intimacy Anorexia: Reconnecting
Characteristics, continued… Withholding Spiritually. Intimacy anorexics can be very religious by attending church and sometimes even being the pastor or spiritual leader at the church. At home they...
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Purity in Marriage: Was it Worth it?
About four years into our marriage, I did something really stupid that hurt my wife, Amy. I was in our bedroom watching TV, just flipping through the channels with the remote. While Amy could hear the...
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20 Hedges to Protect Your Marriage
We have a line of trees along the west side of our country home. The previous owners wisely planted the trees to provide a hedge of protection against the winds that gust across the cornfields of...
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5 Hedges to Keep You Pure
The assumption used to be that immorality was mostly a men’s problem. However, that notion is no longer valid (if it ever was). “One in six women regularly view some type of online pornography and the...
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Love Extreme
On an average day, I receive 100-150 spam e-mails about my love life and my need to wear BLING while enjoying romance with my husband. The other day, after I’d deleted another barrage to my spam...
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10 Questions To Ask Your Husband Every Year
We were on a trip with another family who were good friends. The other couple was so sweet to one another in both their affection and their words. Mark and I noticed we really didn’t interact that way....
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Move Closer
When my husband and I are sitting together in a restaurant, he’ll pull my chair over and say, “Closer.” It’s the sweetest thing. He makes me feel loved and wanted and secure. But I haven’t always...
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The Marriage Bed
What is Not Okay in Bed? If both partners agree, is anything taboo? What about the use of vibrators? Is oral sex okay? These are just a few questions that Christian women asked about the sexual...
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Why Sexual Intimacy Is so Important for Newlyweds
Getting married is an exciting time. If you want to strengthen your marriage for years to come, start by giving special attention to your sex life. As newlyweds, you probably don’t think you need...
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