Synopses & Reviews
It can be tempting, for couples who are engaged, to focus on planning their wedding day and ignore preparations for the lifetime commitment that begins after the cake is cut. Now, with this revised and updated edition of
Preparing for Marriage from FamilyLife, couples can do both! Created by one of America’s leading marriage and family ministries, this dynamic program is designed to help Christian couples lay the foundation for a strong, lasting and biblical marriage.
Preparing for Marriage includes eight sessions of fun, romantic study that will help couples identify areas for growth in their relationship and start them off on the right foot before they walk down the aisle. Couples will learn how to discern God’s will for their relationship, to handle finances and plans for the future, to clarify their roles and responsibilities, to develop a loving sexual relationship, to deal with family histories and past issues, and much more!
Review
Moments Together for Couples is an important tool in building a couple's relationship with one another and the Lord on a daily basis.
Josh McDowell, Author and Speaker, Campus Crusade for Christ International
Synopsis
In the midst of the stress and pressure of everyday life, Moments Together for Couples will give you and your mate a chance to pause, relax and draw upon the strength of the Lord. This easy-to-use devotional helps you set aside anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes every day with your spouse to grow closer to God and closer to each other.
Synopsis
Preparing for Marriage, along with the accompanying Leader’s Guide, were developed to help engaged couples prepare for the important task of building a Christian marriage. This resource provides engaged couples opportunities to develop good communication skills and deal with issues of personal expectations, family histories, role responsibilities, communication, finances and the traits of a biblical marriage. It encourages the development of a mentoring relationship with an older married couple. Each session includes informative Bible study, discussion questions and special projects to be completed by the couple to reinforce the topic of the session. The study can be used by counselors, groups or individual couples. Has 6 sessions
Synopsis
This book is one in a set of small gift hard cover books that present 30 days of devotionals for married couples to read together. The selections in Moments Together for a Peaceful Home will focus on the many ways that husbands and wives can maintain peace and harmony at home--both in their relation- ship with one another and as parents of the children God has entrusted to their care. Married couples will learn practical ways to help family members live together united by the honoring actions of love, acceptance and forgiveness.
Synopsis
In "Moments Together for Living What You Believe" focused readings chosen from the best-selling "Moments Together for Couples", a husband and wife will learn how to make their actions correspond with their belief in Jesus Christ. This final book in the "Moments Together" series reveals how the Holy Spirit empowers us to love one another! When our actions honor God, we spread His love and light to everyone we meet!
Synopsis
Married couples begin their lives together with a vow of lifelong love and devotion . . . but many walk down the aisle unaware of all that promise entails. Now you can help engaged couples make their vows with open eyes and hearts, fully prepared for the hard and rewarding work of building a strong and lasting Christian marriage.Created by FamilyLife, one of America’s leading marriage and family ministries, Preparing for Marriage is a dynamic, comprehensive premarital education program designed to lay the foundation for a biblical, fulfilling marriage. As a supplement to Preparing for Marriage, the Preparing for Marriage Leader’s Guide is an invaluable tool for pastors, premarital counselors, mentor couples and small-group leaders. Inside is everything you need to help engaged couples establish a lasting relationship built on an unshakeable foundation: Jesus Christ.
About the Author
DENNIS RAINEY is the President and the cofounder of FamilyLife, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary. He holds an honorary doctorate from Trinity Evangelical University and Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Since 1976, he has overseen the rapid growth of FamilyLife, which is the family division of Campus Crusade for Christ, and holds conferences on marriage, parenting and
Rekindling the Romance (the one day conference on the marriage covenant). He is the senior editor of the HomeBuilders Couples Series® and the daily host of the nationally syndicated radio program “FamilyLife Today.” Dennis was the recipient of the National Religious Broadcasters Radio Program of the Year Award for both 1995 and 2003. He was also presented the Distinguished Alumnus award from Crowder Community College. Dennis has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
Dennis and Barbara have spoken at FamilyLife Conferences across the United States and around the world. Dennis continues to be a speaker for Promise Keepers. In addition, he has testified on family issues before Congress and appeared on numerous radio and television programs.
Dennis and Barbara co-authored Staying Close. It was selected in 1990 as the outstanding book on marriage and family and was presented the Gold Medallion Book Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Dennis received a second Gold Medallion Award in 2002 for Ministering to the Twenty-First Century Families (The Swindoll Leadership Library). Dennis and Barbara also wrote Two Hearts Praying As One, Growing A Spiritually Strong Family, The New Building Your Mate’s Self-Esteem, Moments Together for Couples, Parenting Today’s Adolescent, Two Hearts Are Better Than One, Starting Your Marriage Right and the recent Moments with You. Barbara and oldest daughter Ashley compiled and wrote A Mother’s Legacy – Wisdom from Mothers to Daughters. Her most recent writing project is Barbara and Susan’s Guide to the Empty Nest, co-authored with Susan Yates.
Dennis has also written:
--The Tribute --Building Your Marriage (of the HomeBuilders Couples Series) --Building Your Mate's Self-Esteem ( HomeBuilders Couples Series, coauthored with Barbara --A Call to Family Reformation --One Home at a Time --So You Want to be a Teenager (with his wife Barbara and children Samuel and Rebecca)
-Interviewing Your Daughter’s Dates Dennis has been on the staff of Campus Crusade since 1970, and Barbara since 1971. Dennis and Barbara were married in 1972. Their proudest achievement has been six children (5 more grafted in by marriage- three sons, two daughters), and fourteen grandchildren. They are both graduates of the University of Arkansas and live near Little Rock, Arkansas.