How the Best Marriages Prioritize Sex One of the most misunderstood ideas in Christian marriage is that a better sex life is somehow a shallow goal. In reality, what we see again and again in ministry is that sexual integrity is not a side issue. It is often the front door into deeper discipleship, emotional…
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Save the World Through Great Sex
Save the World Through Great Sex: Why God’s Design for Marriage Matters More Than Ever When was the last time you heard someone say that great sex could actually save the world? It sounds outrageous, maybe even offensive, but Scripture and history tell a different story. God designed sex to be far more than a…
How to Survive an Affair and Rebuild Your Marriage
How to survive an affair Are you about to give up? This is what you need You did not come here by accident. Something inside you knows you cannot keep living the way things are. Maybe your marriage feels like it is hanging on by a thread. Maybe betrayal has shattered the trust you thought…
Porn in Marriage
Porn in Marriage Pornography has a way of slipping into marriages quietly. For some couples, it’s a known battle carried in from dating or even childhood. For others, it’s discovered suddenly—through confession, confrontation, or quiet suspicion. However it shows up, the presence of porn in marriage can feel like a betrayal, a threat to…
An Impossible Marriage
A special thank you to our “An Impossible Marriage” podcast episode guest Laurie Krieg! An impossible marriage & Same-sex attraction: With laurie krieg Wrestling with God: A Path to Understanding In Genesis 32, Jacob has an encounter with God, wrestling with Him throughout the night. As dawn breaks, God blesses Jacob and sends him on…
Joshua Ryan Butler and the Erotic Philotic
Joshua Ryan Butler and the Erotic Philotic Here’s your trigger warning: if you are already decided upon despising Joshua Ryan Butler and his erotic philotic theology, then read no further. On the other hand, if you’re on the fence or willing to engage in honest dialogue, then come on in! This is Proven Ministries, after…
When Your Husband is Unfaithful: Theresa Hesch
(Listen to this episode on any major podcast platform by looking up The Naked Gospel podcast) Episode Recap Last week we interviewed Joel and discussed his addiction to masturbation, his attempt to sleep with one of his wife’s friends, and his road of healing. This week we talk with Joel’s wife, Theresa. Theresa shares…
Prioritizing Community in Our Marriage or Singleness
By: Allie Joy Hudson 2 min. read Created for Community God created us to be in community. Genesis 1:27 beautifully declares that God created us in His image. Just as He is in communion with Himself as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we also need to spend time in His presence and around…
Reflections on Our Reputation
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Anniversary Reflections Today is my wedding anniversary! My husband, Michael, and I are celebrating three years of marriage! As I reflect on what these past years have looked like, I feel so grateful. God has shown us more of Himself and His character. He has provided and…
Craig Groeschel: 3 Practical Ways to Love Your Spouse
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Closing the Gap The other day, I was home alone, and I felt the Lord lead me to look for a sermon on marriage to watch online. “Okay,” I thought. “That’s a bit random, but alright.” I went to YouTube and typed in “marriage sermon.” I came…
Using Your Words to Encourage Your Spouse
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read An Opportunity How often do you take the time to intentionally encourage your spouse? This seems like such a small thing, that’s easy to overlook, but it can make a big difference. My husband, Michael, and I are both words of affirmation people. Words carry weight for…
An Interview with My Husband: Renewing Your Mind
By: Allie Joy Hudson 6 min. read In a lot of my blogs, I write about how my husband and I have been learning over the years to strive for sexual integrity together. He has been on this journey for about a decade, and it’s been so awesome to see him surrender this area…
The Orgasm Gap w/ Sheila Gregoire
The Orgasm Gap Research shows us that 97% of men have an orgasm during sex, while 46% of women orgasm during sex. When I hear about that research and see those stats, I can’t help but ask the question, why is that the case? In our sex obsessed culture, why is sex in marriage so…
Fighting Porn in Marriage
Porn, Three Months into Marriage Porn in marriage. I’ve been married for three months, and just three weeks ago I found myself being pulled towards pornography. Kaylee (my wife) is a nurse and was working that night, 3pm to 3am. I saw her computer laying around and I felt both pulled toward it and repulsed…
Sex is…
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read The “What’s” of Sex How do you usually hear sex being discussed, especially from a Christian perspective? I’ve noticed that oftentimes in the Church, when sex does get mentioned, it’s mentioned from the angle of context. We hear about what context – marriage – is right for…
Marriage and the Fantasy of Options
Marriage and the Fantasy of Options By: Shane James O’Neill 3 min. read Marriage: A Horrible Idea When I was preparing to get engaged, all I could think about was how marriage is basically a thought experiment gone horribly wrong. It played out like this: Professor enters the classroom. “Kids, today in class I…
Discipline, Sex, and Your Marriage
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read Sex and Fire I always like the analogy that compares sex to a fire. In the right context, like a fireplace, a fire is a beautiful thing. It’s warm, comforting, and purposeful. It sustains life. But, when a fire occurs outside of the right context, it’s destructive,…
8 Ways to Strengthen Your Sex Life Together
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read The Sex List Sometime last year, my husband and I sat down at our kitchen table and wrote out our “sex list.” We have open talks about sex often, but writing this list gave us an opportunity to clearly express our expectations, hopes, and goals for our…
Sexual Integrity After “I Do”
Sexual Integrity After “I Do”: Continuing the Fight By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min. read What About After Marriage? “Lord, why won’t my struggle with lust just go away? Please take it from me!” This prayer is not just the prayer of a single man. Sexual struggles can be long-lasting and stubborn for both…
Three Ways for a Marriage to Heal After Porn
Rebuilding Trust By: Allie Joy Hudson Porn in My Life I remember the night my boyfriend told me about his porn addiction. I knew that he had struggled with porn in the past, but what he hadn’t told me was that he dragged it into our relationship. He watched porn for the first few months…
Can a Marriage Heal after Porn?
By: Shane James O’Neill 4 min read “Can we Heal from This??” Recently, I was at a family’s home with several friends for lunch. People were eating all over the house, so I went to the living room, finding myself seated beside the mother of that family. She asked about my work, so I told…
Sex in Marriage Won’t Fix You
By: Shane James O’Neill 4 min read Once I Get Married… An article titled A Laptop Never Say No begins by stating the fear of competition a woman feels in relationships. In the opening paragraph the author says: “Once upon a time, a woman’s greatest fear was a good-looking … blonde. These days, her…
3 Ways My Husband and I Were Able To Stay Pure Before Marriage
5 minute read By: Allie Joy Hudson Sex was an option The other day I had a sobering thought: It would have been so easy for us to give in and have sex before we were married. Wow. Honestly, it would have. If we wanted to, we could have made it happen. Praise be…
The Importance of Sex in Marriage
By: Allie Joy Hudson Is Sex a Need? Over the past week or so, I’ve been thinking over the question, “Do married Christians need sex”? Why would we need to seek satisfaction if we serve and are genuinely focused on God? But on the other hand, God created sex specifically for the marriage context….