Relationship Challenges Category
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Are You a Worn Down Parent?
Excerpted from the book Boundaries With Kids by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend It’s scary how our kids can sense when we are weak and ready to give in to them. Many a…
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How to Help Your Kids Develop Character
Excerpted from the book Boundaries with Kids by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend Allison was by nature a ‘helper,’ and she gladly helped her fourteen-year-old son. She loved helping Cameron. She made his…
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The Adventures of Parenting
Steve Arterburn Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 18:4 I recently heard a story about a couple who brought their two kids with them on a…
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Family Influence
Stephen Arterburn Men, our ideas about God are first shaped’and very powerfully so’by our families. So it’s little wonder that as relationships within the family have declined, so has the understanding of a relationship with…
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Parenting With Grace
Excerpted from “More Jesus, Less Religion” by Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton A wise friend once said to me, ‘If you give your kids only what they deserve, you will rob them of a healthy…
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The Three Roles of a Parent
Excerpted from “Boundaries With Kids” by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend Parenting can be looked at in many different ways. Some see a parent as a coach, some as a police officer, some…
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The Choice to Forgive: Healing is a Choice Part 1
Stephen Arterburn The Seventh Big Lie: ‘Forgiveness is only for those who deserve it or earn it.’ The fact that you are even reading these words is a miracle, because you have read a lot…
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The Choice to Forgive: Healing is a Choice Part 2
Steve Arterburn Real resentment over real damage by a real person produces a justifiable resentment, and it becomes such a huge part of your life that it feels like a vulture sitting on top of…
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Rebuilding Trust in Friendships
Clint Thomas Friendships can be an incredible source of stability, encouragement and strength. God said in Genesis 2:18, ‘It is not good for man to be alone,’ thus the friendship between Adam and Eve began.…
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What are Safe Relationships?
John Townsend & Henry Cloud I (John) have a fitness fanatic friend named Mark who evangelizes me on the gospel of health whenever he has a chance. He’s a lovable guy, but he’s the kind…
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