How to Have a Great Marriage

How to have a great marriage Your marriage does not have to be just good; it can be great! What separates good marriages from great ones?

So You Want to Be a Good Parent?

What are the basics for those who desire to be the kind of parents God wants? Let me suggest four: Shower them with love Children are always changing. But an atmosphere of love makes the change...
Wedding rings and heart shaped shadow over Bible

Founded on Purity

Jacob and Rachel “dated” for seven years without behaving immorally (Genesis 29:20–21).  How different this is from today when many seem unable to go on even one date without being promiscuous. In a permissive society,...

A House Is Not a Home

A house is not a home; it is many things.It is a kitchen stove on which a kettle sings. It is a table set with care and loving thoughtWhere...
My parents

Three R’s of Parenting

The book of Proverbs is filled with passages about parenting. Proverbs 29:15 says, “The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” This passage shows the...

Smart Dad

My wife and I have reared two daughters through adolescence. We have two ground rules in regard to their dating.

True Love

The Bible is a book about love. It assumes that married couples love each other and rejoice together (Ecclesiastes 9:9). Isaac loved Rebekah, and she brought comfort into his life (Genesis 24:67). Uriah the Hittite nourished and cherished Bathsheba (2...

A Few Parenting Secrets

Heavenly wisdom for today's parents.
Family care

Thoughts on Family

We Are We; They Are They Rudyard Kipling once wrote about families, “All of us are we—and everyone else is they.” A family shares things like dreams, hopes, possessions, memories, smiles, frowns, and gladness. A...

A Family Is…

Families are so many different things...