Mar 15, 2021
Dr. Phil Can’t Fix Your Marriage
Dr. Phil Can’t Fix Your Marriage – sure good ole Phil has lots of good things to say, but a truly successful marriage is one made up of a wife and a husband who are pursuing a common goal.
Drew Dixon
Drew Dixon is editor in chief of Game Church. He also writes about videogames for Paste Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Bit Creature, and Think Christian. He hosts the Christ and Pop Culture podcast The Digest with Tyler Burns.
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2 Comments
Great words, Drew.
“What your marriage needs is not more compromises but a common and worthy goal.”
I think you could replace ‘your marriage’ with many things. A worthy cause can relegate petty differences to the background. The idle argue.
Churches come to mind. “Hymns or Contemporary?” is the wrong question.
Thanks Matt.
Yeah I have found this to be true of my marriage–what helps Jennifer and I to grow in our relationship is pursuing the common interest of seeking Christ.
I think the great problems of most marriages are tied to seeking completely different goals.
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