Truth and Its Actual Effects upon Personal Living, Family and Society

Spiritual Gifts: Overview

Spiritual Gifts: Specific Characteristics, Misuses, Examples and Instructions

The Courageous Conversation – a strategy to follow for any pressing issue. Helping husbands to exchange normal leadership for noble...

Family finances involve major decisions. Every family faces financial needs, and the world offers almost as many ways of meeting those...

What are some things we can focus on as a couple to keep the marriage a we-centered marriage instead of a me-centered marriage?

Mike Walsh found his “complement” in his wife, Connie. Newlyweds for only seven months in 1980, they attended a Basic Seminar. With hearts...

When we think about the future we might naturally wonder about "God's will". But really what good would it do us if we merely know God's...

It's amazing how many times something we believe about ourselves is actually a lie from the enemy. Discovering this simple truth and...

When Gil Bates humbled himself and started to see himself the way his wife and children did, he knew a little change was in order.

In their relaxed, friendly manner Mike and Connie explain the importance of God’s principle of design as it applies to both husband and...

Family Conferences are an enjoyable time for the whole family! Fellowship with friends and powerful preaching make for a full week . . ....

Gil Bates is a dedicated Christian, loving husband, and the father of 19 children. After committing his life to Christ while in high school...

A motorcycle crash, finding one's life partner, and a car accident: what do all three have in common? Jim Sammons, with his quick wit and...

Enough time has gone by that we ought to know what things do and do not pass the test of transferral to sons and daughters, grandsons and...

David Waller used to be single. Priscilla, too, of course. Now the two are happily married - to each other! So, what exactly did God use in...

Handling an accusation is one thing. Handling your husband's is another. And when more people--possibly the very people to whom you have...

Do you and your spouse communicate most often through monologue, dialogue, or “duel-logue”?!?  Couples must be able to talk things through...

It is natural to resist pain and want offenders to pay the rightful consequences of causing us to feel it. Bitterness, however, has...

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God ... humbled Himself ...." Is this mind in you? For...

Showing reverence to our husband does include having a useful process of appeal. Mrs. Walsh likens this to the role of radar, detecting the...

Have I frankly considered the high costs of anger? It is an expensive thing, as can be seen from references throughout Scripture as well as...

Every once in a while it helps to step back and get a glimpse of where I fit in the bigger picture.

With the need we have today for unity in the church and harmony in the family, you would conclude that sermons on reconciliation would...

Ever tried loving your wife? Others? Well, you can stop now. Enter the joy of learning how to replace your love with Christ's love, deeper...

"Be Strong". To build a house that would stand the test of generations, Solomon needed this word of affirmation from his father. What are...

How do I know I've been called by God? Should I look for logical indications that support the call? Can I expect God to confirm my ministry...

"He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own; and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known."...

Married life is a new life, right? Well ... that depends. True love is truthful: truthful about the past--as well as your spouse's (or...

Couples such as Chris and Anne often marry with long range vision already in place. The marriage however will still take time to grow....

Many young men and women wonder how they will find the best vocation and the right life partner. They seek God for His will and His timing...

Maybe you have been praying for many years. Maybe you have just begun to pray faithfully. Maybe you want to pray more specifically and...

You don't have to be a fish to know a hook when you see it ... or feel it. Reawakened guilt feels the same way and it will continue to...

In the last years of the previous century a remnant of God's people decided to stay with their sons and daughters through the social storm...

It didn't make sense. The way to get out was to get in? Condescending to enter into the problems of those under his care was the last thing...

If Noah could have a family working for God, worshiping God, and walking with God, then you can have a family working for God, worshiping...

Walls in relationships are tough, especially in the family. When you sense the enemy driving a wedge between you and another, what can you...

Even as Christians, if our eyes are on the circumstances and people around us we are sure to find something to complain about. Our tendency...

God's thoughts far exceed our own thoughts and expectations. Logically, we know that. What then might God use to open our eyes to anything...

"Our flesh is very creative. It knows how to refine itself. It knows how to polish itself. It knows how to perfect itself. But it is still...

What do you do if you have a colt that only wants to play and eat chocolate? That colt isn’t worth much to you or anyone else! In this...

Those dreaded "big questions", how can I turn them around? There must be a way! Maybe this is something you've thought about after being...

Many voices vie for a man's attention. Sifting through them is a skill. What we tune out and what we pay attention to reveals our heart....

It is difficult for the free world to understand that Satan can convince entire people groups to embrace a "religion" with moral codes,...

Moms can be special sources of power for their husbands and families. It can be through prayer, forgiveness or sheer loyalty to the Lord....

The centurion in Jesus' day identified the value of the principle of authority and the rewards of seeing it at work in his own life. How...

Christopher Sirard, an anesthesiologist, lives with his wife and seven children in California. Christopher acknowledges that growing in...

Are you doing everything God is calling you to do? When Dwain Swanson asked this question, it had some pretty surprising results. What...

This session opens with a difficult question: what if one spouse is willing to change but discouraged because the other spouse is not? Mike...

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36). When Lew Sterrett first heard these...

Relationships in the home are not guaranteed to be painless. Before something happens, why not take a second look and evaluate, in light of...

It's sobering when God tells a man "You'll either let My Word crush you or you will crush your children". He is always the same, His Word...

As a traveling evangelist, Keith Daniel witnessed a wide spectrum of marriage relationships. For example, one husband and wife seemed to “...

Sometimes it is difficult to convey truth to others in a way that will impact their lives. Often, it seems that the messages are heard but...

God has put in the hearts of men to be noble instead of normal. Rather than withdrawing, we are called to be involved in the battles of the...

Mike and Connie Walsh admit they didn’t understand oneness in marriage until dealing with moral freedom. Consistent moral freedom is...

The world pulls in many directions. God pulls in one direction. When you feel pulled in different directions, or that you and your wife are...

"Repairing the breach" is a man's job. It takes long-range commitment. But more than that, raising up the foundations of godly generations...

Rather than trying to do everything right, we as men need to identify whether or not we are doing the right thing in the first place. This...

Your sons (and your daughters!) are watching. Do they see in your marriage a picture of Christ and His Bride, the Church? Mark Wilkes...

As a boy, Keith Daniel assumed he was a Christian. His brother, father, and mother assumed they were Christians, too. Their family was good...

What father hasn't been inspired by the family portrait shown in chapter 6 of Deuteronomy? Under this high bar of “teaching diligently,”...

This last session summarizes the series for noble men. Let us make our calling sure and strike up conversations with our family about the...