Marriage

Here is a $80 off the couple’s regular registration rate for Weekend to Remember April 16-18, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta. It will improve good marriages and has completely turned around even the most troubled marriages/divorces. If you know a friend or family member that is struggling in their marriage or has recently [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on March 23rd, 2010

Again I saw something meaningless under the sun. There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on March 15th, 2010

Listen to Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer, Running To Win, discuss how the world’s view on marriage, divorce and sexual behavior seen on prime-time TV and in the media affects our lives. Is the Bible still applicable, and how would our lives change if we followed a different path than what the current culture says is [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on March 11th, 2010

Watch more about their story on I Am Second. They talk about meeting in college, marrying right after college, their focus on their careers, their struggles, effects of friends, anger, bitterness, divorce and the new focus in their lives that turned their lives around. Have you had similar struggles? Do you know friends or co-workers [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on March 4th, 2010

You have to give David Lapp credit. The 22-year-old young man knew what he wanted, and he got her — a wife. It wasn’t easy. When David and his wife Amber told her father that they wanted to get married (at ages 22 and 21, respectively), he hit the ceiling. Thankfully, Amber’s father changed his [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on February 20th, 2010

We live in a world where everyone seems preoccupied with success. Television, the Internet, radio, and magazines give us a global bird’s-eye view of the world’s winners—and losers. And we’re fascinated by it, aren’t we?  But what does it mean to succeed in life? Furthermore, given how the world reacts to successful people, and considering [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on February 11th, 2010

God, who is love, is the definitive romantic. And he professes his love to us through countless “ordinary” ways… After watching the movies as a young girl, I daydreamed about having my own romance full of tender looks and pulse-racing emotion. I wondered who my “Gil” would be and how our breathtaking love story would [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on February 11th, 2010

Does a person fall in and out of love the way Hollywood portrays it? Does something just happen and the light switch flips on or off in our romantic relationships? Or, is falling in and out of love an involved process that takes time and the development of key elements? In my opinion, along with [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on February 7th, 2010

…”but I love him anyway,” is one of the most profound theological statements on marriage I’ve ever heard. Most of us base love on because, not on anyway. I love you because you’re good to me. I love you because you’re kind, because you’re considerate, because you keep the romance alive. But in Luke 6:32-36, [...]

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Authentic Christian Living on February 5th, 2010

Defensiveness: Stops us from truly listening to our mate; Protects us from feeling vulnerable or fragile;  Prevents us from receiving critical information; Inhibits our growth;  Builds a wall between us and our mate. Let’s consider the value of tearing down the wall of defensiveness. What happens when couples agree to truly listen and learn from [...]

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