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Preparing for Marriage

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Since we are in obvious need of divine instruction regarding marriage, this booklet's ten principles, or building blocks, from the Bible should prove to be helpful for married folks and for those planning to marry.

Those who enter marriage do so with a set of expectations—and those expectations can cause disillusionment if our marriages don't live up to them. What's important to avoid disappointment is to understand the biblical pattern for marriage offered here.

Imagine being in a relationship with someone you love and care for deeply. You take long walks together, talk till dawn, share many of the same interests. Your companion seems to be the one you have been searching for all your life. There's only one...

All couples have dreams for the way they want their family to be. But some set themselves up for failure by holding on to unrealistic hopes. Here are a few of them:We'll have instant family happiness. It's unrealistic to think that family happiness wil...

Scripture neither advocates nor condemns interracial marriage. It's true that Old Testament law disapproved the marriage of Israelites to outsiders, but it did so strictly for religious and cultural reasons. 1 A Jew who married a woman from one of the ...