Marriage - War of Kingdoms

Todd Pruitt posts a helpful summary from Paul Tripp's recent conference at his church on marriage. Most notably, he demonstrates how marriage, this side of heaven, is always a war between two kingdoms. Here's a snipet of how he describes this:

Each of us are busily building, advancing, and defending a kingdom. The problem is that I am born with a sinful bent to build, advance, and defend my own kingdom; a kingdom unto myself. My wife, because she is a sinner like me, was born with this same bent. Obviously, when two people who are each trying to rule their own kingdom marry, conflicts will occur.

Check out this post, it is a helpful reminder of how our seeking our own agenda can affect our marriages.