Your 3,000-Year-Old Marriage Problems | Song of Songs 5–6

About this episode

The episode explores the dynamics of conflict in marriage through the lens of Song of Songs 5, highlighting the importance of the narratives we create after disagreements.

He wanted intimacy. She didn’t. They fought. In Song of Songs 5, a husband and wife have a painfully familiar moment. What begins as a small conflict quickly spirals into something deeper—and raises a question every relationship eventually faces: What story will you tell yourself after the fight? This ancient love poem doesn’t idealize relationships. It shows us how conflict actually works—how it can slowly build walls between two people… or become the very thing that deepens intimac...

People in this episode

Host: Paul D. Anderson

Topics covered

• marriage
• intimacy
• conflict
• relationships
• Song of Songs

Keywords

• marriage problems
• intimacy issues
• Song of Songs
• relationship conflict
• love poem

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