This document discusses God's design for marriage according to the Bible. It says marriage is meant to reflect the relationship between Christ and the church. The Bible indicates men and women were created as equals to have intimacy and significance through their relationship. However, sin introduced brokenness in relationships through control, passivity, disrespect and unlove. The document provides guidance for husbands to love their wives as Christ loves the church, and for wives to respect their husbands. It encourages men to be providers and women to be helpers to their husbands.