To Love, Honor, and Oh Boy!
“”Love is patient, love is kind…”” or so we are told in the “”Love Chapter.”” But how to apply those words practically to our marriages — that’s another story… or really 30 other stories. To Love, Honor, and Oh Boy! tells the true stories of 30 real couples whose partnerships have stood the test of time, and how they applied the wisdom of the definitive handbook on love — 1 Corinthians 13 — to the situations they encountered in their marriages. Each couple’s adventures (and misadventures) graphically illustrate a small portion of this timeless and eternal user’s manual for lovers, written by the One who by his very nature is Love. Some of the stories are humorous; others will...
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Love Smart: Find the One You Want – Fix the One You Got
If you are sleeping single in a double bed or walking down the street thinking, How do I meet “that” guy?; if you’re on your twentieth date and he’s no more committed than when you first exchanged cell phone numbers; if everyone you know is getting married for the “second” time and you can’t even get a first date; if you love the one you’re with but the relationship needs some spark…then this book is for you. In “Love Smart: Find the One You Want — Fix the One You Got,” Dr. Phil tells people who are dissatisfied with their love lives to stop making excuses — “All the good ones are taken; I’m too fat/skinny/boring/unpredictable for anyone to...
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Marriage ROCKS for Christian Couples
Evidence suggests that marriage may be losing to more secular values. African Americans, in particular, have one of the lowest marriage rates in the country, and their divorce rate is among the highest. In response to the critical condition of black marriages, Dr. Harold Arnold offers a model in Marriage ROCKS for Christian Couples. With the Marriage ROCKS method, Arnold challenges couples to establish and strengthen their relationship on a rock-solid foundation of: *Redemption — the rock of grace *Offering — the rock of sacrifice *Covenant — the rock of boundaries *Knowledge — the rock of power *Sacred space — the rock of worship Dr. Arnold intricately weaves practical stories of married African-American couples with vignettes of well-known biblical...
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This Is Your Brain in Love: New Breakthroughs for a More Passionate and Emotionally Healthy Marriage
Make your marriage the best it can be by learning the secrets of proactive passion. Using the latest in brain research, This Is Your Brain in Love helps couples become Master Level Lovers by encouraging each mate to bring their healthiest, most balanced and joyful self to their marriage. Dr. Henslin speaks to the vital connection between spirituality and sexuality. He identifies the five types of lovers, with ground-breaking insights and effective solutions for the challenges presented by each: Scattered Lover Over-focused Lover Blue Mood Lover Agitated Lover Anxious Lover Filled with relatable stories and humor, this is not your boring brain book! Engaging and practical, Dr. Henslin provides an amazingly accurate, scientifically-based brain...
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The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted
Your Marriage Is A Story Only You Can Tell Your marriage is a story … a tale as unique as you are. Sometimes the story is beautiful, full of “happily ever after” togetherness. Other times, the story is full of pain, sadness, or deep disappointment. The story changes as time passes. Things happen. People come and go. Everyday pressures begin to build. Unless a couple guards against it, a downward spiral of unexpressed expectations, feelings of failure, negative perceptions, and increasing self-preservation eats away at the fabric of their marriage, tempting many couples to give up – and split up. The good news is that this “cycle of disaffection” can be broken! Read The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted and...
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The Marriage Miracle: How Soft Hearts Can Make a Couple Strong
The Marriage Miracle is a user-friendly, Scripture-based, story-driven book that will encourage all couples with the good news that there is no difficulty or disappointment in marriage that two softened hearts cannot overcome. Bob and Cheryl Moeller, who developed this book out of years of experience working with married couples, show convincingly that if a husband and wife soften their hearts toward each other, it becomes a matter of when, not if, they resolve their relationship struggles. The Moellers provide readers solid answers to three critical questions. In the process, they help couples uncover the condition of their heart toward their spouse and find the road home again to acceptance and intimacy: Why do the hearts of husbands...
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