Marriage Ministry

In Walking into Walls, best-selling author, radio host, and counselor Stephen Arterburn identifies five prison walls, or blind spots, that will hold you captive and block the amazing things God wants to do in your life. Arterburn will help you learn how to overcome those life-blocking barriers and sprint into the future with renewed confidence and joy. This one audiobook is the breakthrough you need!

The movies and TV make it look easy. Matchmaking websites have it down to a science. Two people connect—love at first sight—and the relationship is magical from then on. But the truth is, strong, deep relationships that last a lifetime aren’t based on the mysterious chemistry of two personalities. Real love in relationships—friends, married couples, siblings, parents—isn’t a magic act. It’s a journey. A great relationship grows from an investment of time and effort.

Guys often approach life like it’s a pickup football game. They make up the rules as they go. They are sloppy rather than disciplined. Many lose interest and simply watch from the sidelines. Yet a man who knows who he was made to be and what he’s pursuing is a powerful force indeed. In Rise of the Servant Kings, Ken Harrison, the chairman of Promise Keepers and a former Los Angeles police officer, gives men the keys to success and gets them into the battle.

Want to clear out the noise and fuzz regarding Christian dating? Want to ensure finding the right one? Want to put God first before anything else? Christian dating has become so weird in the last couple of years, totally understandable. The world is getting worse, and finding the right partner seems like an impossible mission. There are so many misconceptions, rules, and lies that have made dating difficult for Christians when it shouldn't be hard at all.

God knows how to heal your relationship and wants to breathe life back into your marriage! Marriage therapist Dr. Barry Ham gives you the tools needed to navigate through the hard times in your relationship - sharing inspirational stories of couples who worked through the "marriage rut".

Perhaps you have found the person you want to marry but are wondering if your marriage will survive, let alone thrive! Perhaps you are married and you both wonder if this is as good as it gets. You don’t have to wonder any longer. The answer has always been there for you. Using the Word of God as the foundation, we have written a book that will enable you to build a resilient marriage that will allow you and your current or future spouse to persevere through difficult times and draw even closer to one another. This will result in a marriage filled with peace and happiness.

The wisest counselor to a Christian Marriage is God! "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: For it was founded upon a rock" (Matthew 7:24,25). Divorce is expensive and can lead to a lifetime of pain. Marriage is too important to get it wrong! Whether you are just starting out, or seeking restoration to your marriage, know exactly what God's advice is for your marriage.

Discover what it means to truly trust God, and how a deep relationship with him can bring life and joy into marriage. Renowned family counselor, seminar speaker, and author Gary Smalley gives insight into five truths that can transform marriage. Sharing openly from his own relationship with his wife, Norma, Gary shows why both husbands and wives need: An independent energy source to recharge their spiritual batteries, someone each can talk to about anything and at any time, an understanding of their emotions and what they mean, and much more.

Too often, couples enter remarriage unaware of potential problems and unprepared for the challenges stepfamily life will bring. The Heart of Remarriage takes a unique approach to success in remarriage by going straight to the heart, helping couples heal from the inside out rather than offering surface suggestions that may change circumstances but not the lives of couples and their families.

The wait is over for a "marriage-prep" guide that effectively helps couples learn what they specifically need to know and do to prepare for the honeymoon and the intimate marital relationship. This one-of-a-kind resource dispels anxiety over the common concerns Christian couples have when it comes to the sexual relationship. This book is a game changer - especially for those who get their hands on this before marriage!

You've done it; you've taken the plunge and said "I do" to one another. Couples face some daunting marriage statistics these days. When so many marriages fail, how do you know yours won't? So, now what? What's next for your marriage? Staying Together is a unique book that's been written for you to listen to as a couple. Together, you'll hear from us and what we've learned over more than 40 years of marriage, as well as from other couples whose marriages have endured heartbreak, hardship, and even infidelity.

Is marriage the ultimate human relationship? Since the dawn of mankind, marriage was understood to be the only relationship that expressed the most intimate union possible - the mystery of two people becoming one. With the advent of Jesus, however, an entirely new and revolutionary paradigm for relationships came into view.

Too often, when a life crisis hits, a marriage suffers - even a healthy one - and all the personality profiles and couples' therapy in the world won't keep your marriage from experiencing the tough stuff. So how do you and your spouse face the stresses put on your marriage and not only stay together but come out on the other side even more loving and committed? In Staying Power, two longtime couples offer insights, skills, and clear direction so that you can respond to trials in a way that strengthens rather than weakens your marriage.

Maybe you entered marriage with some pretty high expectations - most couples do. Jonathan and Wynter Pitts did. Until the reality of married life spilled into their expectations. Jonathan and Wynter invite you on a journey to explore a different approach to your happily-ever-after marriage. Join them for an honest look at the lessons learned as they navigated the ups and downs of early marriage while raising four daughters.

In Pursuit of Passion, we offer you detailed suggestions on building your sexual connection and pleasure, as well as overcoming common struggles that rob couples of authentic sexual intimacy. This book equips engaged and married couples to replace misinformation with God's truth - that sex is His idea, and that God designed sex to be an essential and passionate place of bonding in your marriage.

A handsome Italian film producer. A beautiful Mexican dancer. A match made on a movie set and a lavish Beverly Hills wedding. The beginning of Camille Franzese's story takes on the shade of an exotic fairy tale. But a closer look at her marriage to mafia capo Michael Franzese exposes more than a decade of anguish endured in the shadows of her husband's crimes. The fear of arrest, the prison sentences, the house raids from federal agents - Camille lived through it all. Discover how Camille's devotion to her marriage and her faith in God's larger plan led to deliverance from devastation.

In 2014 Jeff Coulter nearly died in a head on crash and after complications from that crash nearly died and went to Hell. Jeff was a backslidden Christian for over 22 years at the time of his near death experience. Through a life of alcoholism, chronic depression and suicidal thoughts, God gave Jeff a second chance. Through it all his loving wife Suzanne was there by his side.

This one-stop resource book introduces positive techniques and strategic advantages for couples to stand together through changes that occur over years of marriage. When these skills are applied, they divinely awaken a revolutionary vivacity that produces an unbreakable bond in marriages.

With deep understanding born from her own painful experiences, Melissa Fisher shows that somewhere between the extremes of condemning and condoning is compassion. In this audiobook she aims to equip the church to make a positive difference in the lives of those hurting from relational or sexual brokenness. Perfect for pastors, parents, siblings, and friends of the 10 million people in America who identify as LGBTQ, who long to love them well.

From Gene Robinson, the Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected (in 2003) to the historic episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage, comes a groundbreaking book that lovingly and persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage. It establishes a commonsense, reasoned, religious argument, made by someone who holds the religious text of the Bible to be holy and sacred.