The Good Book Blog: Marriage and Family

The Lies of Expectation and Intention

Kyle Strobel — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:30:55 -0700

For the first eight years of my time as a professor at Talbot, I had a weekly meeting with my friend and mentor John Coe. John was my immediate supervisor, being the director of the Institute for Spiritual Formation (a position I now hold). These...

Advice for an Exhausted Student

William Lane Craig — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0700

This is a Q&A blog post by Talbot School of Theology Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Hi Dr. Craig, I greatly appreciate your ministry and have learned so much from you. One of the most encouraging things you...

The Gospel for Kids: Point Children to Jesus

Ed Stetzer — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:58:13 -0800

Many resources present the gospel for kids in powerful ways. One treasure created by Charles Spurgeon, the “Prince of Preachers,” is titled “Come Ye Children.” In this little book, Spurgeon contended earnestly that teaching kids the gospel is one...

25 Questions a Christian Man Should Ask Himself When Interested in a Christian Woman

Kenneth Berding — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:55:28 -0800

(Note: My wife, Trudi, and I wrote this post together.) A couple years ago, Trudi and I posted a list of 25 questions that a Christian woman should ask when a man starts to express interest in her. After we published that list, we received dozens...

All We Need is Love — But Which Sort?

John McKinley — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:53:00 -0800

Love is a sloppy concept, and love is a complex reality. I love ice cream. I love my children. I love my wife. I love books. I love God. I love my students. Each of these “loves” has a different content. It could be a problem if I love books in...

Commitment — What is the Meaning of ‘For Better or for Worse?’

John Hutchison — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:06:00 -0800

Just think about the meaning of the words in our wedding vows — “for better or for worse . . . in plenty and in want . . . in joy and in sorrow . . .in sickness and in health . . . as long as we both shall live.” What a commitment we make in that...

20 Truths From ‘Stand Firm and Act Like Men’

Ed Stetzer — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:43:45 -0800

My friend, Pastor Joby Martin, has a new book out about manhood. In a world where young men are in crisis, and where there are a lot of sources of really bad counsel for young men, I am thankful for Joby biblical treatment of the topic. To give...

Keeping Promises

Kenneth Berding — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:37:25 -0700

She broke her promise. She vowed to love, respect, and stay faithful to her husband — for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health, till death parted them. But she was enticed by an immoral man, and after the first, others...

Why Do Kids Leave the Church? Don't Forget Bad Theology!

Sean McDowell — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0700

There has been a lot of talk recently about why kids leave the church. In the past few years, there have been important books on the subject by authors such David Kinnaman, Kara Powell and Alex McFarland. These authors, and many others, rightly...

25 Questions a Christian Woman Should Ask Herself When a Man Starts to Show Interest

Kenneth Berding — Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700

We’re not relationship experts. Certainly not. But we raised four daughters and we’ve talked to a lot of college-aged women about relationships over the years. Here a list of 25 questions we sometimes share with Christian young women who are...