The Good News About Sex After Marriage: You Can Still Say “No”
Editor’s Note: This is one of our top 15 2018 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! “If you don’t have sex with your husband anytime he
September 27, 2018
Topic: Marriage
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When Gender Roles Don’t Work: How One Couple and Their Sons Became Egalitarians
We asked Jodi and Dave Hansen (Dave is a CBE board member) to reflect on their journey raising two sons, defying role expectations, and discovering
September 5, 2018
3 Simple Rules for Egalitarian Couples
Life doesn’t come with a manual, and neither does marriage. Whether we’re making difficult decisions, entering new seasons, or dealing with unexpected changes, most of
April 3, 2018
A Review of Commentaries on The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs stands alone among the books of the Jewish and Christian canons as an unabashed exploration of sensual human love. Yet this
February 2, 2018
Mutuality, Mystery, and Marriage: Love in the Song of Songs
When I was a teenager, I wrote dozens of love songs. Sappy, insipid love songs. Actually, I shouldn’t even call them love songs, since most
February 2, 2018
A Biblical Example of a Sexually Healthy Woman for a World Where Unhealthy Sexuality Makes Headlines
Contemporary Western culture is rife with public stories about unhealthy sexuality. The 2016 US presidential election, for example, reverberated with the recording of then-candidate Donald
February 1, 2018
Green-Eyed Lovers: A Study of Jealousy in Song of Songs 8:5-7
Famously, jealousy is the theme of Shakespeare’s Othello, a plot that turns around a husband tormented by the thought that his wife might be unfaithful
February 1, 2018
Priscilla and Aquila Model Marriage “More Accurately”
If you’ve spent any time in church (or studying the New Testament text), you’ve heard of the famous couple, Priscilla and Aquila. Biblical narratives centered
January 30, 2018
Why Husbands Can’t “Get Her Ready for Jesus”
In mid-December, an article was published on the Desiring God website titled “Husbands, Get Her Ready for Jesus.” Written by a Philadelphia pastor named Bryan
January 3, 2018
Misinterpreting “Head” Can Perpetuate Abuse
Morning sun peeked through the apartment window, lighting the steam that hovered over my cup of tea. I sipped while the roomful of women stared
December 12, 2017