A parent’s capacity to internalize the gospel, with all its implications, has an enormous effect on their marriage, their integrity, and their love for their children. Gospel-Powered Parenting will help parents see the importance of this principle. Internalizing the gospel helps parents fear God, sensitizes them to sin, motivates them to enter their childr… Read more…
In the film COURAGEOUS (from the makers of Fireproof), four police officers are confident and focused when it comes to facing danger on the job. But leading their families at home in a God-honoring way? That takes courage.
Because it is important to take a faithful, fearless stand in so many areas of life, pastor and COURAGEOUS executive p… Read more…
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Too many marriages end when someone says "I've fallen out of love with you" or "I don’t love you anymore." In reality, such statements reveal a lack of understanding about the fundamental nature of true love.
The Love Dare, as featured in the … Read more…
To say finding a life partner is an important decision is an understatement. No other person has the propensity to affect your life – for the better or for the worse – more than the person you marry. For this reason, it is important that the person you call your lifetime "bae" or spouse is fit for the journey up ahead. Even better, it is important that y… Read more…
Divorce is rising throughout Africa. We are seeing broken marriages leave families in pain. The church faces a dilemma. We are not sure how to connect what the Bible says with the person in front of us. We may be afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing, so we avoid talking about divorce at all.… Read more…
Are you about to get married? Is your mind full of thoughts about the ceremony, negotiating with in-laws, and food budgets? It’s easy to focus on planning the wedding or fulfilling cultural obligations. But the wedding lasts only one day. Your marriage lasts a lifetime! Marriage is a huge life transition. Luckily, you don’t have to do it alone. For over … Read more…
Pushing forty and single in a culture which places high premium on marriage, Nigerian Bookie Adekanye shares her journey with God with a hilarious no-holds-barred twist. What happens when happily ever after is taking forever? Just like real talk with your girls, Bookie is frank about the struggles of pressure from relatives, challenges at work, and honouring… Read more…
There are literally thousands of books available on how to live various aspects of the Christian life. Of these, at least a couple of dozen pertaining to family life and child training are well worth reading. This is not one of those books. This book is designed to help you take those other books, as well as all the sermons, teachings, and exhortations… Read more…
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend,” Proverbs 27:17 tells us. God uses Christian friendships to help His children grow in grace and stay true to Christ. But our twenty-first-century Western culture values individualism, busyness, and selfishness—qualities that do not encourage deep, long-lasting, satisfying friends… Read more…
In the third volume, A Holy Vision for Raising Children, Gouge offers wise and practical advice to both children and parents on how to relate to each other with love and honor. Drawing from a wealth of biblical principles and examples, he fleshes out how a household of affectionate authority provides for children and prepares them to live as God’s servants… Read more…
In the second volume, A Holy Vision for a Happy Marriage, we find detailed counsel about the most important relationship in the family—husband and wife. Gouge carefully addresses what a fit marriage is and the proper way to enter into one. He then discusses the mutual duties married couples share in order for marriage to survive and thrive, as well as the … Read more…
How much love is enough?
We love our kids, but do we love like God loves . . . without conditions, reservations, or reluctance? In this excerpt from his popular book How to Be Free from Bitterness, Jim Wilson identifies the troublesome consequences of insufficient parental love and points readers to the glorious fruit of superabundant k… Read more…