by Harold and Bette Gillogly It seems like we’ve been talking about fighting an awfully long time, doesn’t it? But there is a reason for it. For far too many Christian couples, Holy Wedlock has become Holy Deadlock. From our experience, we have to agree with counselors who declare that conflict is the greatest cause […]
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Here We Stand
Thinking Pitfalls Tough TimesMartin Luther’s famous words as he stood before Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire – “Here I stand. I can do no other” – echo loudly for every Christian now that the US Supreme Court has ruled that homosexual marriage is a civil right. The Emperor expected…demanded…that Luther recant his belief that only […]
Reconcilable Differences
Anger Issues Persevering Love“We seem to be at each other’s throat all the time lately. I yell, he yells. I hurt him. He hurts me. I don’t know what we’re going to do!” We hear this — or something like it — a lot. More now than we use to. CONFLICT. It doesn’t have to cripple us, but […]
Communication that Fuels the Fire
Anger Issues CommunicationCONFLICT. That crippler that tears us apart…that alienates …that polarizes two people so that they can not reach across the chasm they have dug with their own hands. This is the third SEEDS FOR GROWTH dealing with conflict—the greatest cause for marriage failures today. We have been discussing the three basic reasons for conflict: (1) […]
Power Struggles: A Sure-Fire Way to Lose
Anger IssuesIn our last SEEDS FOR GROWTH, we began discussing Conflict…that crippler that terrifies and tears us apart. You know what we’re talking about, don’t you? You probably have some old, unworkable habits you just naturally fall into when anger and conflict arise in your marriage and family relationships. Right? Yeah, we all do. We walk […]