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3 Ways to Fight for Your Marriage When You’re Tempted to Throw in the Towel

"People were placing bets at our wedding. Nobody thought we had a chance."

How to Deal With a Lying Husband and Get a Better Marriage

"I can still remember vividly the look on my husband’s face as regretful tears fell and he lay broken before me."

One Year After “I Do,” Husband Realizes Why Marriage Isn’t for Him

They met when they were 15 and were best friends for 10 years—but after being married just 1 year, the truth hit him HARD.

10 Types of Toxic Church Members

10. The “you can’t talk about that in church” Christian.

These Christians are fearful every word they say will be taken the wrong way. They believe truth should be filtered, just in case some “weaker Christians” don’t fully understand what you are trying to say. In other words, there are certain conversations the church shouldn’t have. Mainly the ones that make people uncomfortable.

Sex. Abortion. Mental Illness. Doubts about God. Justin Beiber.

Jesus, however, wasn’t concerned with being politically correct. In fact, Jesus said on numerous occasions, “You won’t understand this right now,” or some variation of the phrase. Jesus was obviously not concerned with being misunderstood.

Jesus proclaimed truth because [H]e was the Truth. And truth has nothing to hide.

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Only a few toxic Christians can impact a church. Again, my prayer is that you will do some reflection. At some point in my journey, I was every one of these Christians. Some of these I am still fighting today.

As you take steps towards Jesus, the world sees a clearer picture of his glory and character. That’s the goal.

Frank Powell
Frank Powell
Devoted follower of Christ, college/young adult minister, husband to @tiffanipowell, dad to Noah and Micah, avid blogger/writer, sports fan. You can follow him on twitter and read more of his blogs here!

3 Ways to Fight for Your Marriage When You’re Tempted to Throw in the Towel

"People were placing bets at our wedding. Nobody thought we had a chance."

How to Deal With a Lying Husband and Get a Better Marriage

"I can still remember vividly the look on my husband’s face as regretful tears fell and he lay broken before me."

One Year After “I Do,” Husband Realizes Why Marriage Isn’t for Him

They met when they were 15 and were best friends for 10 years—but after being married just 1 year, the truth hit him HARD.