Expository study of the Christian Family: Sacrificial, purposeful Christlike love should characterize every husbands relationship with his wife.

Introduction Several years ago, the Saturday Evening Post published an article entitled The Seven Ages of the Married Cold. It revealed the reaction of a husband to his wifes colds during their first seven years of marriage. It went something like this:

What does it mean that husbands are to love their wives? What does Ephesians 5:25-33 mean when it compares the love of a husband for his wife with the love Christ has for the church?

Expository study of the Christian Family: Sacrificial, purposeful Christlike love should characterize every husbands relationship with his wife.

If husbands are going to love their wives like Christ loves the church, they will study his love closely for the rest of their lives.

The late, well-known pastor Harry Ironside once had a recently married young man come to him and say, I need your help. Im in an awful state. Im drifting into idolatry. Whats the trouble? asked Dr. Ironside. Well, Im afraid that Im putting my wife on too high a plane. I...

Think of it as two kinds of cars that run on different kinds of fuel  diesel and regular, say. Husbands run on respect, and wives run on love.