Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:25 — 55.4MB) | Embed Getting a second chance at love is a great thing, but blending two families together brings a whole new set of challenges to a relationship. Author and speaker, Ron Deal, helps us navigate these tricky waters as step-parents learn to smooth out [...]
Remember there are adjustments in remarriage, especially if there are children from a previous marriage. Whether you have remarried after being divorced or widowed, there will be dramatic changes as you learn the routines, habits, and likes and dislikes of another, and yet still have a connection to the previous marriage. Focus on your spouse [...]
Gary: In this day and age, security in the marriage relationship almost seems to have gone the way of the public pay phone. Roughly half of all marriages end in divorce, and the statistics are about the same among Christians as they are in society at large. Yet feeling secure in the relationship is vital [...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:43 — 52.0MB) | Embed The new discernment counseling – to divorce or not to divorce that is the question In today’s show you will…. To divorce or not to divorce….that is the question on today’s show where you will learn What a new form of couples [...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:37 — 8.8MB) | Embed A wife from Washington state wants to know if she’s biblically allowed to divorce her husband because he’s had an affair.
“Daddy, would you please play like you’re a little doggie?” These were the words that greeted me (Greg) when I would return home from work. Instead of wanting me to play with her toys or read a book, my oldest daughter, Taylor, when she was two, wanted me to get down on all fours and [...]
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 (NIV) Remember that majestic old farmhouse from the movie Twister that we described earlier? We hope this is slowly becoming your vision for what your remarriage can be. Your goal is to open hearts so that they feel like a [...]
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2, NKJV We have learned some of the ways we can protect and guard our hearts, the wellspring of life, and help [...]
We often tell remarried couples that if we had only one hour to spend with them, we would use the entire time to talk about safety and open hearts—how to open your heart so that it’s the safest place on earth for your spouse and kids to come home to. Why? Because the common denominator [...]
When Matt and Mandy decided to get married, they vowed to do it right. They would love each other till death parted them, and get married in their church in a ceremony witnessed by friends and family. Excitedly, the couple booked their wedding date in the chapel and planned their reception. Mandy bought a beautiful [...]
