Is Porn Okay?
In this Real Romance Q&A, Pastor Mark and Grace answer your questions on sex, marriage, and family. This question comes from a man wanting to know is it okay to watch porn in his marriage and how to become more intimate with his wife.
Our Story from Friendship to Love
This is an excerpt from our new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here. Song of Songs 1:4 – How right they are to adore you! In every romantic relationship, there comes … Read more
Priorities in Marriage Must Be Protected
Song of Songs 1:7 (NIV) – [She] Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends? Have you ever read one of the mythical, made-up fairy tales that ends “And they … Read more
5 Keys to a romantic relationship
5 Keys to a Romantic Relationship: Song of Songs 1:1-7 From friendship to romantic relationship (PHOTO) -1988 age 17 -Grace’s friend -corded phone talk 3 hours -March 12, 88 -56 Chevy (cover book) – drove around cul de sac nervous -Red Robin waterfront – bonfire beach -jewelry box 5 Keys … Read more
Reading the Bible Together Can Change Your Life
Song of Songs 1:16a – Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. This is an excerpt from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here. I (Grace) had enough conviction left to … Read more
Is Sex God, Gross, or Gift? Part 1
Song of Songs 1:16a – Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. This is an excerpt from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here. Who or what sets your identity, demands … Read more
Our Standard of Beauty is Our Spouse
Song of Songs 1:15 – Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. This is an excerpt from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here. The … Read more
The Bible Saved Our Marriage
Song of Songs 1:16a – Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. This is an excerpt from the new book “Real Romance: Sex in the Song of Songs”. To purchase the book, click here, and to access the sermon series that accompanies these devos and this book, click here. God used the Bible to save our … Read more
The Tenants of Jerusalem’s Family Mission Statement
Nehemiah 10:28-29 – “The rest of the people…all who have knowledge and understanding…enter into…an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.” Nehemiah 10 serves, essentially, as a family … Read more
God’s People Write a Family Mission Statement
Nehemiah 10:28-29 – “The rest of the people…all who have knowledge and understanding…enter into…an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.” In politics, business, and religion, commands tend … Read more
Church hurt and miscarriages, “I couldn’t fight anymore, and we went to church for the first time in years…”
After being bullied at the church I grew up at, I never thought I would walk into a church ever again. I wasn’t angry with God, but I never understood what it meant to walk with or to know God. My understanding of church was, I would be talked down to by my peers and I … Read more
What Process Should Christians Have for Marriage?
Genesis 24:64-65 – And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel and said to the servant, “Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself. In the story of Isaac and … Read more