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How to Stay Christian at a Christian College
Christian college isn't a guarantee that students will keep the faith. A thriving relationship with God doesn't happen simply by immersion.
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‘Mom, Why Isn’t Dad Coming to Ch...
'Should I be shielding him? Pretend he’s just tired? I feel like I'm on damage control for his decision.' Tips to respond when your spouse isn't into it.
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5 Reasons Your Student Shouldn’t Go On a M...
The nations are in desperate need of the gospel. The" least of these" are hurting, hungry, thirsty, unclothed, and homeless. The solution? Not my teen!
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Do You Feel Abandoned by God?
The first two years of widowhood, God seemed distant and silent. Then I discovered the problem.
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What Singles Want Marrieds to Know
Here are some tips for engaging with and loving the singles around you well.
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9 Tips for Leading a Small-Group Study
Facilitating a small group study enhances your own embracing of the material, your relationship with God, and your heart for ministering to others.
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We Moved Our Family and Changed Their World
One day David and his wife, Meg, realized they wanted their family to see that the world is a more diverse place than what they were experiencing.
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Finding Your Way Back to the Church After Se...
How can the victim of sexual abuse trust the body of Christ again? How can we go back to any church body? Why should we even try?
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Why Take Your Kids to Church?
Nap schedules, feedings, teething, separation anxiety, sickness, sports – when kids are young, it seems easier to stay home. Is going to church worth it?
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Nobody Liked My Tweet! Searching for Signifi...
People spend hours tweaking their digital persona in a search for significance. Yet is social media the best place to look?
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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
These basic principles will help you and your family understand the biblical reasons for tragedy.
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The People in My Neighborhood
My morning strolls did more than help me lose weight; they helped me learn valuable lessons about life.
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A New Year’s Resolution List for Every Mom
Here’s to giving your best to God—and your family—in the year ahead.
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The Unexpected Christmas Gift
The real unexpected gift wasn’t the money or groceries, but an increase in our faith.
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When You Don’t Feel Like Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving can be a difficult reminder of the struggles we face, but there is comfort in the promises to come.
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Bill Cosby and Our Secret Selves
Like so many, I groaned at the disparity: Perfect, hilarious TV family. Lurid, devastating real life.
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Gratefulness for the Small Things … Like W...
We are completely dependent on our all-powerful God, who generously gives us every gift we possess.
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Beautiful Scars
I noted something refreshingly real about Princess Eugenie’s choice of gown. From the front, she showed she was a princess. From the back, she showed she was a person like the rest of us.
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The Importance of a Moms’ Ministry in Your...
Ministering to this group can be instrumental in reaching everyone in the home.
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Ministering to Parents in Your Church
A creative way to connect with couples early in their parenting journey and establish a loving, caring relationship.
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Does Prayer Really Do Any Good?
It’s easy to become cynical or weary about the act of prayer.
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7 Ways to Pull Out of a Slump
Restore your energy and zest for life with these tips.
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Living in the Smile of the Father
Achieving success starts with knowing you have your father's approval.
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Living Within the Limits
Difficulties should push us toward God's Word, not toward redefining the rules.
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Looking for Awesome in All the Wrong Places
God created us with a capacity for awe. Where you look for it will shape the direction of your life.
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Loving the Prodigal Who Seems to Hate You
The way we love sinful people must be patterned after the rugged love God has for us.
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No Cinderella Story
Life is no fairy tale of magic formulas, but instead it requires walking by faith.
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Obeying God Even When You Don’t Feel Like...
It is only as my view of Him increases that I will be more able to view my issues with a proper perspective.
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Old Stories With a New Connection
Years later, my wife and I realized a new way God had answered our individual prayers before we were married.
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How to Overcome Discouragement
Perhaps no other human emotion is so commonly experienced and yet so infrequently exposed.
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Remembering God in the Mundane Events of the...
Here are 10 well-known, easy-to-remember verses to help us keep our hearts trained on God.
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Finding God in the ‘White Space’
When we live a life of constantly reaching for the next big thing, we miss the greatness God is calling us to right here, right now.
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10 Ideas: Preparing Your Heart for a Smooth...
How to successfully navigate your family’s journey to a new home.
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10 Ideas: Reflecting the Fruit of the Spirit
How long since you’ve had a checkup to assess your spiritual health?
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10 Verses to Help You Watch Your Words
Don't say something permanently painful because you are temporarily ticked off.
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3 Steps to Spiritual Wellness
If we are totally focused on the material things of this life and this world, we will miss out on most of what life is all about.
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5 Qualities for Thriving in a Hostile Cultur...
As our society and culture become increasingly hostile toward Christianity, here are five spiritual qualities that become especially important.
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A Commitment to Truth Means Defending the Op...
The story of a man who stood up to intervene for the defenseless.
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A Workout for the Spiritual Body, Part 2
We need a spiritual workout center to develop our "faith muscles."
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A Workout for the Spiritual Body, Part 1
There's no gain without pure, hard pain.
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Anatomy of a Grumbler
Complaining shows a loss of perspective, a failure to remember who is in control.
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Anticipating Deathbed Regrets
A man needs to constantly remind himself that his real job is his wife and children.
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Are You Accountable to Anyone?
One of the best ways to protect yourself against immorality is submitting your life to the scrutiny of another person.
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Are You Hearing Lions Roar? You Should Be
The spiritual victory will go to those Christians who are willing to enter enemy territory and engage in warfare.
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Are You Tired of Being in a Rut?
Ecclesiastes can help us change the way we think about life.
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Attitude Check – Do You Have a Heart P...
Four suggestions on how to overcome the sin of grumbling and complaining.
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Can Faith Survive in a Post-Christian Cultur...
Our culture is hostile to Christian faith.
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Created for Intimacy
We have a hole in our hearts that only God can fill.
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Don’t Touch My Stuff
Knowing that God is our Provider helps us to hold our material possessions with an open hand.
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Fierce Storms and Fresh Reminders
Two close calls remind Barbara and me of how God is working in our lives.
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Gardening Is Good for the Soul, Right?
Pulling weeds from my flower beds taught me an important spiritual lesson.
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Getting Unstuck
If you're ready to go deeper in your spiritual journey, a small group may be just what you need.
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God Asks Us to be Intolerant
Many of us are settling for the sidelines of life—we don’t really want the Lord to give us anything too hard to do.
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God, Where Are You?
God has things He can teach us while He's seemingly MIA and we're wandering about or feeling abandoned.
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Gratitude is a Choice
To really experience His peace, we must come to Him with thankful hearts.
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Great Things Happen When We Dream
A godly vision will be fueled by what could be and what should be.
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Hearing the Voice of God in the Storm
Twelve ways to respond to God in the wake of natural disasters.
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I Don’t Want to Be Normal
As our family grew, we began to question our comfortable, normal lifestyle. Had God’s gifts replaced God Himself?
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I Needed a Mentor
How could I invest in others if nobody was investing in me?
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I Surrender Almost All
God likes us to do things on His terms—which, of course, goes totally against my desire for control.
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If You Want More, You Must be Faithful in Li...
Many are on a career path, but few seem to be on a character path.
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I’m Not an Expert on Myself
God’s Word gives me a true diagnosis of whom I am.
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It Takes Courage to Stand for the Truth of G...
When marriage is hard and parenting is harder, stand for the truth.
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10 Ways to Share the Gospel Without Being Pu...
Here are a few ideas that can help you share your faith by using your home as a hub for Christ.
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A Life-Changing Weekend Marriage Retreat
At the Weekend to Remember, I got to see how God was at work in the lives of married couples.
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2 Simple Questions to Start a Life-Changing...
These simple but profound questions changed the way I talk to people about Christ.
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The Power of Our Conscience
Your past is not the final word. Let your invisible accuser drive you toward God and not away from Him.
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Reaching the World From Your Own Home
If you look for the opportunities to be a missionary in your sphere of influence, they are easy to find.
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20 Ideas for Encouraging Others
Your words can have a profound impact on the people in your life.
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A Legacy of Spiritual Multiplication
If you want a stronger, healthier church, help couples grow in their relationship with Christ and with each other.
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A Mighty Legacy
Rather than giving in to the cultural pressures and divorcing his wife, Skip Leffler left a very different legacy.
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Are You Ready to be a Mentor?
Teaching younger couples to have a great marriage may not be as hard as you think.
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Can God Use Us?
Jeff and Sheila Brawley wondered if God could work through them to help others.
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Confronting a Friend
Talking to someone about her sin isn't easy, but I found that it's beneficial when done in a God-honoring way.
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Divine Appointments
Are you listening to the nudge of the Holy Spirit to talk to those around you?
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Equipping Couples for Lifelong Love
Bill and Geri Masuzzo are committed to helping engaged couples learn how to be married.
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Families Change Families
One of the most exciting things for me to see is the influence that one family who is completely God's can have on others.
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Doctrine of Providence
Quote by James C. Petty
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7 Steps for Starting a Marriage Ministry
If you want a stronger, healthier church, help couples grow in their relationship with Christ and with each other.
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When Our Issues Become Bigger Than Our God
It is only as my view of Him increases that I will be more able to view my issues with a proper perspective.
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Why Is Saying “Thank You” So Har...
Giving thanks is not just for God’s glory—it’s for our good.
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Gary Thomas’ Personal List of Favorite...
List of Christian literature classics that address humility and virtue.
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Praying Backwards
Too often in our prayers we ask God to ease our worries and satisfy our wants before adding "in Jesus' name" as an obligatory spiritual seasoning.
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How to Stop Praying the Same Old Things
It doesn’t take long before rote prayers fragment your attention span and freeze your heart.
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Small Groups, Large Groups, or One-to-One Mi...
Here are two things to consider when trying to decide what delivery method to use for discipleship content.
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2 Keys to Ministry Success
Practical steps to take to turn your vision for ministry into reality.
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Recruiting and Equipping a Marriage Ministry...
Suggestions for creating a strong foundation for marriage ministry in your church.
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When Waves of Doubt Rock Your Faith, DonR...
Three steps to take if the Scriptures seem like a dry textbook and you’re no longer sure Jesus is real.
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18 Ways to Use Your Home as an Outreach of C...
How can friends and strangers feel loved and accepted in your house?
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Did You Know Your Home Is an Embassy of the...
In a weary and wavering land, your home can be a place of love, encouragement, and comfort.
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Taming Our Tongues and Training Our Brains
It’s easy to fool ourselves about how our words can hurt others.
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Why Prison Is the Highlight of My Week
Many of the concepts communicated in Stepping Up resonate immediately with the prisoners in our group.
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Yearning for Peace When Life Falls Apart
If we could handle the messes of life on our own, we’d never have to seek God’s help in managing it.
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The Dynamic Duo of Baltimore
Bonita and Tazwell Thornton are leaving a priceless legacy to untold generations.
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What It Means to Be a Member of God’s...
Because of what Christ has done for us, we are free to enjoy Him, to live for Him, and to confidently trust Him to meet our every need.
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Your Best Thoughts Are God-Thoughts
When troubles come our way, we can be stressed and upset, or we can trust God.
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Gratitude Will Change You
Four ways to cultivate a mindset that positively influences every aspect of your life.
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The Secret to Building a Great Marriage and...
If you want to experience marriage the way it was designed to be, you need a vital relationship with Jesus Christ.
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6 Tips on Joining a Church Community
Two years ago I moved to Denver. I was pursuing the woman who is now my wife. She was starting at Denver Seminary, pursuing a master’s degree in counseling. I was working from home at the time, so finding work wouldn’t be an issue. I arrived in town on a Sunday, and that night EA […]
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How a Man Learns to Pray
The first step in becoming complete is to stop relying on our own resourcefulness and recognize our great need of a powerful God.
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Letting the Gospel Disrupt You
What can give us the hope to believe that God still can and still wants to do something amazing with our struggles and with sexual sin?
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The Shy Member of the Trinity
The Holy Spirit doesn’t turn attention on Himself, but He gives you the power to pursue God's mission in your life.
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I Thought Christianity Was a Joke
My opinion was that most Christians had two brains.
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God Has Not Forgotten You: A 31-Day Devotion...
When life is turned upside down, learn how to turn to God.
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Surprised by The Art of Marriage
The new Sunday school class had 30 or more people each week instead of the usual 6-8.
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Stripping Away Your Pride
Real happiness comes when I'm willing to humble myself and do what He wills with my life.
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Two Traps to Avoid: “If Only” and “Wha...
When these issues dominate my thoughts, I succumb to selfishness and fear.
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Daddy I’m Scared
What does a storm teach a child about God?
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My Struggle With Unbelief
"Must I really have to see it to believe it?"
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Her World Was Broken
An excerpt from our FamilyLife Today® broadcast.
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How to Know Christ Personally
Resources to help you with your relationship with God.
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Between Now and Not Yet
Gaining victory in the struggle against sin.
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Launching a Marriage Ministry: A First Perso...
Tips we’ve implemented during our time leading marriage ministry in our church.
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To Know Him Is to Love Him
Just as I love my husband more as I know him better, my feelings for God grow as I grow in my knowledge of Him.
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Giving Thanks in All Things
Does He really want us to give thanks in all things?
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Is Prayer Your First Response?
We must train ourselves to make prayer a default reaction in all situations.
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When You Become the Thing You Hate
Unconfessed sin is a knife blade lodged in the soul. You cannot escape the misery it creates.
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Why Would God Let Me Get Pregnant?
A young woman looks back on the consequences and blessings of her unwanted pregnancy.
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Charles Colson: A Life Well Lived
The former special counsel to the president disproved the skeptics who doubted the validity of his conversion.
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Four Principles of Praying for Your Family
When I couldn’t talk to my mother about God, I talked to God about my mother.
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When God Given Pleasures Become Bad
What kind of pleasures will you give your heart to, and what will you ask of those pleasures?
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The Only Life Worth Living
Jesus was right: It really is more blessed to give than to receive.
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‘As Long as You’re Breathing, There’s...
If we don’t tell couples that no marriage is too broken, how will they know?
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Passionate About Helping Marriages in Our Ch...
I believe that the more churches do to strengthen marriages, the more we will bring glory to God.
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Strengthening Marriages in Our Church
It's time for the church to call people back to God's design for marriage.
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We Started by Checking a Box
When we indicated we wanted to help other people grow in their faith and in their marriage the way we had, we had absolutely no idea of what God had in store for us.
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The Legacy of an Ordinary Woman
What difference can one person make in a world filled with seven billion people?
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Three Gospel Resolutions
Many of us pursue moral improvement in a way that is not founded in the centrality of the gospel and the reality of the cross of Christ.
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Unanswered Prayer
Rather than getting easier, my faith trials become more difficult with time.
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Only God Can Change a Heart
When people claim to be saved and on fire for God, it's hard to see some of them crash.
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What About the Fatherless Families?
Thinking through family shepherding in the context of a single-parent home.
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Young Couples Need Your Help
Through mentoring you can pass on your wisdom to the next generation of married couples.
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The Value of Accountability
Friends launch each other into unknown territory and walk hand in hand where there is no map.
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The God of Second Chances
When we stop running from God and earnestly obey Him, our messy lives become the canvas for His incredible glory.
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How Do You Change a Sour Atitude?
This is one of the nitty-gritty issues of marriage and family life.
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Reaching Out Through Passport2Purity®
A "chance encounter" reveals how God is extending FamilyLife's outreach.
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Proud People vs. Broken People
List created by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
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Reaching Out with Compassion
As we interact with homosexuals, we need to balance truth with love and compassion.
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Reaching the Divorce Generation
FamilyLife is making a greater effort than ever before to encourage and equip people to become HomeBuilders.
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Remembering the Lessons of 9/11
Experiences like this have a way of stripping you bare and forcing you to focus on what's most important to you.
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Pulling Weeds from the Garden of Our Lives
Beware of these three weeds that can choke out your harvest.
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20 Ways to Encourage Your Pastor
When was the last time you let your pastor know how much your appreciate him?
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Running to Win
The Apostle Paul reminds us that we're in a spiritual race. What kind of runner are you?
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Struggling With Temptations and Fantasies
Loving God with all your mind helps guard against falling to temptation.
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The Beehive Hairdo
At age five I learned an important lesson on the power of the tongue.
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The Hand That Guides
In the darkness and pain of personal cries, we must have the touch of our unseen Father to keep us oriented.
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The Price We Pay When We Complain
These three steps can help keep our complaints constructive.
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Three Uncommon Goals for a New Year
Devote this coming year to becoming all God meant you to be and to enjoying Him and the great goodness He has given you.
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Tidings of Joy
True joy is founded on truth. It is based on our knowledge of God's goodness to us as revealed in both shallow and deep experiences, and as revealed in his Word.
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Top Dog
It is so very easy for us to find our glory in being better than someone else.
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What Does It Mean to Find Your Identity in C...
If you believe what God’s Word says about you is true, your identity is rooted in something that can’t be changed and can’t go away.
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What Would It Take to Make You Happy?
My infertility reminded me of something we all need to learn: the source of true contentment and happiness.
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Why Am I Not Happy?
The search for happiness based on our circumstances in life inevitably creates a restlessness and discontent in our souls.
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Would I Hope in God?
A dangerous encounter on a dark back street opened my eyes again.
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The Perfect Lover
When loving gets hard, think on the one true Lover who is continually in pursuit of your heart.
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The Dos and Don’ts of Mentoring
A list of helpful hints when meeting with younger couples.
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The Lived-Out Gospel
We must show the gospel to people even as we tell them the truth.
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Three Ways to Improve Your Connection Capaci...
How could you more effectively impact the others within your circle of influence?
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What Are You Wearing?
Six suggestions for clothing yourself with humility by serving others.
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10 Ideas: Do You Have a Healthy Heart?
For regular spiritual check-ups, ask yourself these questions.
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The Choice Between Cursing and Blessing
It never occurred to me to bless the person in this difficult relationship—that thought went against every natural urge within me.
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The Thorny Questions Nobody Wants to Face
Here are some challenging questions that I've been grappling with.
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How Do I Handle My Regrets?
Regrets are scars of the soul. We carry them around, and sometimes they itch. So we scratch them--we replay our thoughtless deeds and hurtful conversations.
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Will You Become a HomeBuilder?
I believe the solution to the marriage and family crisis in our nation is found in equipping and unleashing a movement of men and women in marriage and family ministry.
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Will You Make a Difference in the Life of a...
Let God use you to change the life of a child, then experience the blessing of your own transformation.
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Now Hiring
God calls us to make a good impression for Him and to do a great job of representing Him to a world longing for love.
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Reaching Out – With the Love of Christ
FamilyLife is making a greater effort than ever before to encourage and equip people to become HomeBuilders.
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The 87-year-old Missionary
Widow Margie Rich sees her retirement home as a mission field, finding unique ways to point people to Christ.
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The Right Tool at the Right Time
Preparing for Marriage was the resource that helped one couple help people build a foundation for marriage as God designed it.
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Hanging by a Thread
Our nation will change only when our families begin to reform.
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Is Your Home Open to Others?
In a culture of isolation, most people are honored when you open your home to them. God can use us when we practice "heavenly hospitality."
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My Stubborn, Rude, Mean, Loving Friend Named...
Loving her has taught me what it means to wait on the Lord.
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Building Relationships That Will Last a Life...
Authentic community between believers demands that the real you is willing to meet the real needs of others.
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Building Strong, Loving Relationships
The HomeBuilders Couples Series has done a lot for our church.
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Giving Hope to Others
Kim and I know firsthand the difference between a terrible marriage and a healthy one, and we have a passion to help other couples.
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It All Began With One Step
The impact made on an entire church started when a pastor and his wife attended a Weekend to Remember marriage getaway.
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No More Marriage Casualties
How the HomeBuilders Couples Series is revolutionizing our church.
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In the Silence
The discipline of silence and solitude is not just for those in monasteries.
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Of Moths and Memory
Moths and butterflies can remember lessons learned as caterpillars, but they still kill themselves trying to get to the light.
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Brokenness: The Heart God Revives
Do you wonder why God seems so far away? It may be that your heart needs to be broken.
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Confessing the Attitudes of My Heart
I couldn't pray for revival in our children's lives without feeling like it was an incomplete prayer—I needed spiritual renewal as well.
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Mentoring is Not a Luxury But a Necessity
Many churches are missing a key ingredient to seeing marriages and families restored.
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My Favorite Compliment
There’s one kind of accolade that really lights my fire.
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Sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ Throug...
Jesus Christ didn't go to the cross just so we could have happy homes and fulfill the American dream.
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The Impact of The Art of Marriage
Three stories of couples who wanted to help marriages.
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The 7 Nonnegotiables of Life
We must spend time on the nonnegotiables so that our lives may glorify God. Each principle is centered on the Lord, bringing the glory to Him alone.
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What it Means to be Good
At the heart of goodness is obedience. Test yourself and your family in four key areas.
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You Can’t Help but Be Changed
The story of two couples who are having an impact on marriages in their community.
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We exist to help you succeed in the three most important relationships in life. God, Spouse, Kids.
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