If you could speak to 70 nearly-married or newly-married couples and give them some practical pointers on marriage, what would you say? That was the question I faced as I prepared for a recent event across town. My first assignment was to speak on the Christian family and then to describe some of the challenges couples may encounter in the first ten years and the ten years after that. Well and good. But then they wanted me to get practical and offer some short-form practical tips on relationship and intimacy. I came up with ten—five related to relating as a couple and five related to sexuality. I thought I’d share the relationship tips today in case they prove helpful to you.
The best gift you can give your spouse is your holiness. As Christians, we know it’s God’s will that we are sanctified—that we put sin to death and come alive to righteousness. We are accustomed to thinking of this as something we do for our own benefit and, of course, there is tremendous personal benefit in growing in holiness. But the second great commandment, “love your neighbor as yourself,” also calls you to prioritize holiness as something
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