Marriage Conflict: Talking as Teammates (Biblia.com)

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How we communicate with one another matters—especially in a marriage. Even if we aren’t actively trying to cut down our spouses with our words, we can create friction and misunderstandings that hinder our unity and mutual growth. The Bible gives us countless principles to help us to communicate in ways that give life, not pain, to our spouses. In thirty-one daily devotional readings, biblical...

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. (Prov. 27:17 NIV) “I go out of my way to avoid conflict with my partner.” It’s one of over two hundred statements on an assessment that I administer to couples to evaluate their matrimonial health. Potential responses range on a scale from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.” I’ve found that the most common response is “strongly agree.” In other words, couples love avoiding conflict. This is bad for at least three

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