In Reply to: Re: Not to detract from what you posted, but posted by Thinker on February 01, 2010 at 22:29:49:
No, I can't tell you that. What a Godly relationship looks like in TF, if one can exist there and one some place else are 2 different things. I don't truthfully consider TF Christian, they may have some Christian aspects, but that is about as far as I consider TF Christian. But I am not the judge. Just can't accept adultery as a Christian attribute, and it is certainly not conducive to building and maintaining a relationship between man and wife and children.
The first lines of an article I just started reading called How to Appreciate an Imperfect Spouse by Gary Thomas are this:
Even if I’ve never met you, I know one thing that is true about you and your spouse: you’re both married to an imperfect mate.
I also know another truth about you: the Bible calls you to still respect and appreciate your very imperfect spouse. This is true whether you’re a husband (1 Peter 3:7) or a wife (Eph. 5:33).
How do we do this, in a practical sense? How can we honestly and sincerely respect and appreciate someone who is so imperfect?