Christians are often taught a lot about how not to have sex before marriage, but not nearly as much about how to actually build a healthy sex life once they're married.

So in this episode, we're talking about the practical side of sex in Christian marriage: how to approach your wedding night without putting too much pressure on it, why good sex is more about selflessness than performance, how to figure out what you actually like and communicate that to your spouse, and what engaged couples should know about contraception before marriage.

We also get into one of those very unromantic-sounding questions that can actually be really helpful: should you schedule sex in marriage?

If you're engaged, newly married, or preparing to have sex for the first time on your wedding night, this is a practical conversation about building an awesome sex life together.

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Christian marriage isn't just about building a happy life together, it's a partnership with a purpose. In this episode, Tim and Bella talk about how to build a marriage intentionally around serving God, exploring topics such as developing a shared mission, vision and values, creating habits that support what matters most, and asking how your home, money, careers, gifts and time can be used for God's Kingdom.

Marriage shouldn't only make life better for the two people in it. A strong Christian marriage should make you stronger together, better equipping you to faithfully love the people God places around you. You've decided who you're going to marry, now it's time to decide how you're going to live.

What does your fiancé actually have a right to know before they marry you?

Past sin. Present struggles. Criminal history. Addiction. Sexual history. Things you've hidden. Things you've healed from. Things you desperately hoped never come up.

In this episode, we're talking about how to handle the hard disclosures before marriage, and how to do it with honesty, wisdom, and courage. We unpack the difference between privacy and secrecy, past sin and present sin, and healthy disclosure and unnecessary oversharing. We also talk about how to respond when someone discloses something difficult to you and what sincere disclosure actually looks like.

Secrets don't keep, and sometimes the only way through it is through it.

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