Marriage_Family

Marriage & Family Books

Building Blocks To A Strong Marriage: Society offers few answers to reverse the trends of marital unhappiness and divorce. We are in obvious need of divine instruction. This booklet looks at ten principles, or building blocks, from the Bible that will make a strong marriage. It also offers practical tips on how to put those principles to work.

How Can I Know Who To Marry?: Except for the decision to trust Christ as Savior, it’s been said that there is no more significant decision anyone will make than the decision of who to marry. Is there help in the Bible for such a life-changing decision? Yes, and this booklet draws together several biblical principles to guide someone through the heart-tugging decisions involved in finding a marriage partner.

Abigail & Leah: Living In A Difficult Marriage: Everyone who gets married does so with a dream of married life—but that dream often ends in disappointment. What happens when our dreams don’t come true, and in the most intimate of human relationships we find ourselves hurt, lonely, or even fearful? Alice Mathews offers biblical insight from the lives of Abigail and Leah, two Old Testament women whose dreams of marital bliss turned into difficult marriages.

Divorce & Remarriage: What Does The Bible Teach?: One of the most painful of all life experiences is having to endure a failed marriage. And often added to the sorrow of that disappointment is the confusion that comes from the condemnation of the Christian community. Does the Bible teach that there are no legitimate grounds for divorce or remarriage? If the Bible allows for divorce in certain circumstances, does it allow for remarriage? The purpose of this helpful booklet is to look at what the Bible actually teaches about divorce and remarriage.

How Can A Parent Find Peace Of Mind?: As parents, we sometimes find ourselves wondering about the future and wishing that God had assured us of more predictable results. It’s actually more loving, however, to parent our children without such a confidence. This booklet looks at the way our heavenly Father loves us, and shows that parenting is worth the effort—not because our children always make the right choices but because we have the opportunity, privilege, and peace of loving them the way God loves us.

Singleness: The Misunderstood World Of Single Adults: Single adults are a rapidly growing segment of our society and of the Christian community. A single person’s life is filled with a unique set of pressures and challenges that are often unrecognized by the rest of the church. This study sets aside the myths of singleness and shows why married people need to develop a new attitude toward singles, and why singles need to see themselves through the eyes and wisdom of the One who made all of us for Himself.

What Does God Expect Of A Woman?: God’s distinctive role for women is of great importance in the life of the family, the church, and society at large. In some issues, the Bible is silent on a woman’s role—but in others it speaks clearly and calls women to respond. This booklet looks at what the Bible says, so that Christian women can be all that God expects them to be.

What Does God Expect Of A Man?: “Men are from Mars; women are from Venus.” So says the current wisdom of the day. It’s an undeniable reality that men and women are very different from one another. What makes a man different? And how is his role defined in the Bible? If men are to fulfill their unique God-given responsibilities, those responsibilities must be biblically defined. This important study helps.

What Is The Promise Of Marriage?: Everyone who enters marriage does so with a set of expectations—and those expectations can be the source of disillusionment if our marriage doesn’t live up to them. One way to avoid that disillusionment is to make sure that our expectations match what marriage really promises. This study of what the Bible says about marriage helps us take a look at our expectations, our motives, and our faith in God Himself.