The Marriage Bed

Lesson 8 of 15 · About 13 minutes

The Marriage Bed

What is sex in marriage for, and what should we expect?

Sex joins a husband and wife as one flesh, for their delight and open to children; it is learned slowly by two people who talk to each other, and pain or fear that lasts is a matter for a doctor.

A heavy gold ring with beaded edges stands on a pale ground; its round bezel shows two right hands clasped in relief.
Historical witnessMarriage RingUnknown Byzantine goldsmith · 6th century · Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (57.1715)Public domain (Walters Art Museum image, Wikimedia Commons)

In this Lesson

  1. The question in front of us
  2. Part 3: To Have and to Hold
  3. What is sex in marriage for, and what should we expect?
  4. What it is for
  5. Given to each other
  6. The first night and the first months
  7. When desire differs
  8. When it hurts
  9. They rose and prayed
  10. We waited. Why does it still feel wrong?
  11. Talk it through

Lesson 8 of 16

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