Best of
Marriage

1991

Single, Married, Separated, and Life After Divorce


Myles Munroe - 1991
    He demolishes the myths surrounding 'singleness' as he declares that it is okay to be single, but not good to be alone. Stepping out of the single life into the married life is a big step and Munroe offers tried and tested truths enabling men and women to survive the change from singlehood to marriage. Unfortunately, as more and more marriages are ending in divorce there is a desperate need for answers to the haunting questions that trouble the divorced person. Dr. Munroe does not avoid the tough questions as he tackles them one at a time. His answers will encourage and instruct those looking for answers to hopeless situations. This revised and updated edition contains two new chapters to further expound on the original text.

Hiding from Love: How to Change the Withdrawal Patterns That Isolate and Imprison You


John Townsend - 1991
    Often, you've learned these hiding patterns during childhood to protect yourself in a threatening environment. The problem is that when you hide your injuries and frailties, you isolate yourself from the very things you need in order to heal and mature--connection, intimacy, and love. What served as protection for a child becomes a prison to an adult.In Hiding from Love, Dr. John Townsend helps you explore the hiding patterns you've developed and guides you toward the healing grace and truth of safe, connected relationships with God and others. You'll discover:The difference between "good" and "bad" hidingWhy you hide the broken parts of your soul from the God who can heal themHow to be free to make mistakes without fear of exposing your failures and imperfectionsHow to obtain the joy and wholeness God intends you to have through healthy bonding with othersWorkbook also available.

Secrets of Your Family Tree: Healing for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families


Henry Cloud - 1991
    Your past may hurt, and your family's patterns may have left emotional scars, but your future has not been laid in stone yet. There is hope for healing, there are lessons to learn, and there are paths toward family health.Using clinical, biblical and practical examples to help you uncover the patterns your family has lived in, this book might lead you toward the family u-turn you've been looking for.

Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood


John Piper - 1991
    All main passages of Scripture that are relevant to the questions are considered.

Communication, Sex & Money: Overcoming the Three Common Challenges in Relationships


Edwin Louis Cole - 1991
    Cole has solid solutions for all three. Complete with everyday examples, readers will learn to defeat difficulties and create a satisfying, peace-filled, long-lasting marriage. For years, men have called this Christian bestseller the "sex and money" book, while wives have bought it for husbands in hopes of improving communication. Whatever the motivation, thousands of men have turned their relationships around by applying these time-proven patterns and principles.

50 Crucial Questions About Manhood and Womanhood


John Piper - 1991
    Adapted from chapter two of Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood.

Fit to Be Tied: Making Marriage Last a Lifetime


Bill Hybels - 1991
    This easy-to-follow guide for enjoying a happy, healthy, and lifelong relationship includes: creative ways to court your spouse; checklists for singles to use in selecting a mate; steps to resolve conflict and not drive it underground; and practical ways to determine relational fit. Whether you are already married or planning to marry in the future, the authors' sound, wholesome advice can show you how to make wise decisions about whom to marry and how to stay married for a long time.

The Strong Family


Charles R. Swindoll - 1991
    He encourages you to set biblical priorities that will enable your family to enjoy each other in the food times and stay together through the bad times.

Sex and the Marriage Covenant


John F. Kippley - 1991
    From this it follows that the marriage covenant provides the criterion to evaluate the morality of every sexual act. Thus the title, Sex and the Marriage Covenant, is an appropriate description of the book's contents. Marriage comes into being by a couple unreservedly entering God's covenant of marriage; contraceptive intercourse contradicts the very essence of the marriage covenant. From these considerations, Kippley developed the covenant theology of sexuality described in this book.

Stand in the Gap for Your Children


Norvel Hayes - 1991
    This powerful testimony by Norvel Hayes of how he learned to stand in the gap for his daughter, Zona Hayes Cornelison, now includes Zona's own story of the years God used her father to pray her back into a close relationship with Jesus Christ. From this powerful, biblical teaching, which includes five scripturally based prayers, you will learn how to stand in the gap for your children and surround them with unwavering faith in God's promises and love to bring them through.

History Continues


Georges Duby - 1991
    In retracing this singular career path, Duby candidly remembers his life's most formative influences, including the legendary historians Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre, the Annales School so closely associated with them, and the College de France.Duby also offers insights about the proper methods of gathering and using archival data and on constructing penetrating interpretations of the documents. Indeed, his discussion of how he chose his subjects, collected his materials, developed the arguments, erected the scaffolding and constructed his theses offers the best introduction to the craft available to aspiring historians.Candid and charming, this book is both a memoir of one of this century's great scholars and a history of the French historical school since the mid-twentieth century. It will be required reading for anyone interested in the French academic milieu, medieval history, French history, or the recording of history in general.Georges Duby, a member of the Academie francaise, for many years held the distinguished chair in medieval history at the College de France. His numerous books include The Age of Cathedrals; The Knight, the Lady, and the Priest; Love and Marriage in the Middle Ages; and The Three Orders—all published by the University of Chicago Press.