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Standing Firm: What to Do When Asked to Yield a Conviction

Standing Firm: What to Do When Asked to Yield a Conviction

We find ourselves standing at a crossroads when our beliefs and values are tested. Yielding a conviction can be tempting, especially when faced with pressure or the enticement of personal gain.

Christian Life

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

It’s amazing how often our search for answers to conflicts and situations we are dealing with in the twenty-first century ends up taking us back to the beginning of Genesis.

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

When a wife dares to share her hurt and negative feelings with her husband, she does so hoping he will humbly apologize and make efforts to do things more lovingly next time. Her goal in addressing her concerns is to get rid of her hurt, be energized, feel positive, and respond to him in caring ways.

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

A wife who has been married for twenty years to a loving, goodwilled husband and father (her words!) found herself suddenly struggling to understand how their relationship had gone south.

Standing Firm: What to Do When Asked to Yield a Conviction

Christian Life

What Can Genesis Teach a Wife about How to Encourage the Struggling Businessman?

Why She Shares, and What He Hears

3 Steps to Reigniting Your Husband’s Love for You

I Prayed for My Marriage to Heal [Video]

I Prayed for My Marriage to Heal [Video]

Meet Tony and Ginger. Be encouraged as they share how their broken marriage was restored. As Tony states, “Love and Respect is good, practical, down-to-earth advice.” Listen as they share how these principles helped them see each other in a new way and how they made a conscious choice to do things differently.

God's Perfect Plan For Parenting

God's Perfect Plan For Parenting

Some years ago when we were pastoring and our boys were younger, we had some missionaries stay in our home for several days. After a reminder in how they should behave, they were perfect angels the entire time (this may have qualified as a miracle)! Our plan had worked...or so we thought! Kids Can Be Good Only So Long

Parenting

Why Does a Husband Withdraw From His Wife? [Video]

Why Does a Husband Withdraw From His Wife? [Video]

“Emerson, in a conflict with my husband he inevitably withdraws from me. He puts up a barrier to prevent me from emotionally connecting. He stops talking. What should I do?” I hear you. When married to someone who stonewalls, “withdrawals” are not worth it!Research reveals in intimate, committed relationships 85% of those who emotionally retreat and refuse to answer are men.

Why Does a Wife Withdraw From Her Husband? [Video]

Why Does a Wife Withdraw From Her Husband? [Video]

“Emerson, you say most men don’t want to talk but my wife and I are the opposite when an argument starts. She goes quiet. She won’t engage me in any type of dialogue. She withdraws from the conversation and puts up a barrier to any further discussion. What should I do?” I hear you. When married to someone who stonewalls, “withdrawals” are not worth it! Research reveals in intimate, committed relationships 85% of those who emotionally retreat and refuse to answer are men. That means 15% of the women also withdraw and stonewall.

My Wife is Having an Emotional Affair

My Wife is Having an Emotional Affair

Q: I recently found out my wife is involved in an emotional affair. She says she is in love with him, that she never loved me, and that she feels no passion in our marriage. I still love my wife and want this marriage to work. Is there any hope for us? We have three young children and I am devastated. Dr. E says: First of all, yes, there is hope. But you have entered a time of suffering and you will need Godly support and wise counsel to get through this as a man of honor. Thank you for reaching out. Your children are worth every effort!

PGA Pro Bernhard Langer on Love & Respect [Video]

PGA Pro Bernhard Langer on Love & Respect [Video]

We greatly appreciate the vulnerability and honesty of countless couples who write to us not only sharing their pain in marriage but also the victory in overcoming obstacles. One such couple is Bernhard and Vikki Langer. Bernhard Langer is a Professional Golfer and two time winner of the Masters, winner of the 2010 and 2014 Senior British Open and the 2010 Senior U.S. Open. He was known as one of the world’s best golfers throughout the 80s and 90s.Everything Changed

Parent of Fear or Parent of Faith?

Parent of Fear or Parent of Faith?

I love what a friend of mine shared….“One time while driving with my two toddlers and one preschooler who were crying in the car, I started to cry and said, ‘What was I thinking?!’ God spoke so clearly to me I almost had to pull over. He said, ‘You weren’t! I was!’ That was freeing. Now when I tend to come to my wit’s end, I say, ‘Lord, this was Your idea. Help!’” As a mother of these three little ones, struggling in her faith at that very moment, she had the right approach.

Parenting

Soon Your Marriage Will Turn Happy! [Video]

Soon Your Marriage Will Turn Happy! [Video]

President Reagan joked, “I won't say their marriage is unhappy but the husband went down to the marriage license bureau to see if the license had expired.” ARE YOU UNHAPPY? Do you want out of your marriage? Do you want a divorce? Do not quit! - THE HAPPY NEWS ABOUT BEING UNHAPPY!