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

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

March 8, 2026 · 44 min

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...

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