Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Living - Love & Marriage

The way of a man with a maiden was too wonderful for the writer of Proverbs to understand. Preoccupying so many thoughts and dreams, the subject of countless songs, films and fairy tales, the love between a man and a woman has always been a profound and perplexing mystery. And yet we do not live happily ever after. Four out of ten marriages will end in divorce. Couples now choose to live together rather than marry, and those relationships are even less likely to last. People are having fewer children, later, and with a succession of partners. Ironically, just when so much is expected of love,...

Isn't sexual -- or emotional -- intimacy enough? "No," says Christian psychologist Dr. David Clarke. "Spiritual bonding is the process by which a couple cultivates the presence of God in their relationship," he says, "and it's the only 'glue' that sustains relationships long-term." Working with hundreds of couples, Clarke observes that when we take specific steps to keep God at the center of our relationships, every area of intimacy is energized. This book teaches men and women in a committed relationship how to pray together, create "spiritual conversations," read and study Scripture...

"Walking Together" combines Navigator authors Jack and Cynthia Heald's life experiences with an enriching topical biblical study on marriage and its true focus--God. Through a series of thoughtfully crafted, personal discussion questions you will look at the critical issues that impact your identity, marriage, children, and family. Includes discussion questions. Based on "Loving Your Husband" and "Loving Your Wife."

For years, Christians have been told that sex is God's creation, designed by him as a gift to husbands and wives. Yet few couples actually experience sex as a spiritual, God-ordained experience. Rather than admit their lack of fulfillment, many couples hide their disappointment and confusion, while others attempt to solve the problem through better sexual technique.
Unfortunately, all the advice on improved technique fails to explain the one thing that makes sense of it all. Despite the proliferation of resources to enhance sexual satisfaction, couples continue to struggle in their sexual...

Find God s Unique Shape for Your Marriage
It s not just the two of you and God. The truth is, you bring your family into your relationship in more ways than you realize. Yet God has plans for your marriage that differ from the expectations of your parents generation. Looking at the past, how do you know what to jettison and what to keep as your own?
Jerome and Kellie Daley have wrestled with the tough questions about which spouse is responsible for what and why, how last night s fight could help you love each other more, and what it "really" means to leave your parents and become full...

Marriage is a profound and marvelous mystery established by God for his glory-and that is for our good. So many marital relationships never reach their greatest potential because they have the fatal limitation of being focused on one another. When our focus is solely on God, our marriages have the potential to thrive and not merely survive.

Open the pages of this book and learn how to experience exciting intensity in your sexual relationship, deeper levels of closeness on an emotional level, and the most fulfilling intimacy of all -- spiritual ONEness.

• With God's help you can make your marriage all it should be and all you crave it to be -- no matter what it's like now. (page 24)
• Men want action. Women want feeling. From day one they're set up to misunderstand each other. (page 12)
• Sometimes you must tell your mate the things you've done wrong, and...

A new movement is spreading across America, bringing hope to existing marriages and new guidelines for marriages yet to be; and Dr. Fred Lowery, in this courageous and insightful book, shares with you the principles of the Covenant Marriage Movement.

Every marriage faces storms and struggles that can lead to failure. Unexpected changes, personality conflicts, money problems, and misguided expectations can send even the best of marriages into a tailspin. But this insightful, new book provides real answers through chapters such as "The Difference between a Contract and a Covenant,"...

Debate between two members of the Church of Christ on whether the guilty party who has been divorced for fornication is free to remarry. An excellent resource on the subject of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Many charts are included in the book which are helpful to the understanding of the arguments presented.

Bragwell and Willis grapple with the issue of whether the New Testament allows divorce for causes other than fornication and discuss the role of civil government in divorce. (Christian)

Most people consider marriage to be sacred. When they speak their wedding vows, they believe those vows will never be broken. Then why are so many marriages falling apart?

Yolanda Atkins Cotton laid that question on God's altar when her own marriage was in trouble. The answer that came back to her was this: until we as one receive Jesus as our husbandman, as our sacred friend, and as our sacred lover, we will never be able to walk in unity with one another as a whole.

In "Love, Honor, and Obey: Broken Vows," Yolanda speaks frankly about what she has learned from her marital...

Competing answers to dilemmas involving love, sex, marriage, and family scream to us from nearly everywhere. The Redemption of Love reveals what the Bible has to say about these issues by applying the growing economic study of religion.

Using Genesis, Jesus, Paul, and the Song of Songs, Carrie Miles outlines a consistent description of biblical love throughout Scripture, asserting that it is the only effective solution in today's battle to save marriage and family. This book is a valuable tool for clergy and laypeople.

Have you ever been hurt in your marriage?
How did you handle it?

It??'s not a question of if conflict will arise in your marriage; it??'s only a matter of when. But many couples don???t know how to deal with conflict in healthy ways, so their relationship smolders with unresolved hurt, anger, and resentment.

You can heal the hurt in your marriage!
Learn how to close the loop on unresolved conflict by practicing forgiving love. Marriage experts Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg draw from biblical wisdom to offer a step-by-step process that will move you...

Kinkade and his wife of 20 years illustrate the splendor of marriage. Adorned with Kinkade's classic paintings, this work shares not only the couple's own storybook romance, but also the various faces of love over time that mark a sustainable and fulfilling relationship.

Marriage has never been easy. But sometimes it takes surprisingly little to yield infinite rewards. This eye-opening book by marriage experts Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby contains humorous and profound true stories of turning points in marriages. From brushing her teeth at a different sink to letting her husband finish his sentences, each woman's story expresses the staggering impact that simple actions can have on marriages everywhere. More fulfilling relationships, expanded ministry opportunities, and a more intimate walk with God await the readers of this book when they see how God's best...

Get Untied from Your Past
Sex is like glue. Super human glue. Inside marriage, God designed it to be a bond that is powerful and unifying. Outside of marriage, the bonds of sex can be devastating. Long after the lover is gone, the bond we've created stays with us, negatively impacting our lives and future relationships. Now, through an impressive combination of Scripture and scientific research, Barbara Wilson shows how God designed us to be uniquely bonded through sex. But even more so, she concentrates on the tangible hope that is yours. This book will equip you not only...

Until Expectations May You Part

Giddy with excitement and burning with love's fire, engaged couples are filled with desires and expectations Wonder and eager anticipation propel them forward. Then comes the marriage and if they take the wrong approach, those unrealized expectations and unmet wants can turn a life-giving covenant relationship into a dead-end contractual agreement. Suddenly your marriage has no love, joy, or peace. In this marriage-makeover DVD and study guide from Northpoint Resources, Andy Stanley 's three key teachings help you transform your expectations and...

Hubba, Hubba
Check Out Your Hubby
He s predictable, proverbial, and prone to leaving his dirty clothes in a pile "beside "the laundry basket. He s the big lug lying next to you every night and believe it or not, he "is" your Prince Charming
But what happens when a man other than your husband begins looking and sounding more appealing?
Transform your marriage with the realization that "the man you always wanted is the one you already have." Striking biblical insights, combined with Paula Friedrichsen s candid revelations about the inappropriate relationship that nearly...