Marriage Enrichment Publications
Title | Author | Description | Available at Pine Rest Family Institute |
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| A Lasting Promise: A Christian Guide to Fighting for Your Marriage | Scott Stanley, Daniel W. Trathen, Savanna C. McCain | This book will help you create a marriage of lasting love. The powerful and practical principles offered are solidly based on Scripture with a unique blending of university research. | |
| Becoming Soul Mates: Cultivating Spiritual Intimacy In the Early Years of Marriage | Dr. Les Parrott III and Dr. Leslie Parrott | Fifty-two devotions to enrich the development of new couples. | |
| Before a Bad Goodbye, How to Turn Your Marriage Around | Tim Clinton | A book full of helpful tools and suggestions for turning your marriage around when you've reached the end of your rope. Written from a Christian perspective, this book brings hope and help to hurting marriages. | |
| Bring Home the Joy | Larry Crabb, Kevin Leman, Gary Smalley, and Neil Warren Clark | The goal of this book is to re-energize each marriage with vitality and enjoyment. | |
| Communication: Key to Your Marriage | H. Norman Wright | This is a book that goes beyond talking about the differences in the way men and women communicate - it will help you do it! If you're married, you and your spouse will learn to understand each other at new and deeper levels. If you know a couple planning to get married, they can begin laying the groundwork today for a successful marriage. | |
| Diagnosis: Married | Kathy Dawson | How to deal with marital conflict, heal your relationship, and create a rewarding and fulfilling marriage. | |
| Empowering Couples: Building on Your Strengths | David Olsen Ph.D., and Amy Olsen, B.A. | A book designed to recognize your strengths as a couple and how you can build on them. | |
| Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love | Howard Markman, Scott Stanley and Susan Blumberg | All major topics of the PREP marriage education program are presented through numerous examples and practical exercises. Learn strategies for better communication, conflict management, and how to deepen commitment, friendship and fun in marriage. | |
| Fit to Be Tied: Making Marriage Last a Lifetime | Lynn and Bill Hybets | Gives a realistic look at marriage, giving workable strategies for maintaining a healthy, loving relationship as husband and wife. | |
| Hidden Keys To a Loving, Lasting Marriage | Gary Smalley | Author, Smalley shares the principles of strong marriages. | |
| Insuring Marriage: 25 Proven Ways to Prevent Divorce | Michael J. McManus | An excellent resource for couples desiring to protect their own marriages as well as invest in the lives of newly married couples. Michael McManus founded the ministry, Marriage Savers, www.marriagesavers.com, which offers many resources for married life. | |
| Loving Your Marriage Enough To Protect It | Jerry Jenkins | An absolute must-read for every couple committed to maintaining fidelity within their marriage and faithfulness to their Lord. Exposes the causes of infidelity and provides invaluable insight on how to make your marriage a stronghold against them. | |
| Moments Together for Couples | Dennis Rainey | This book will give you and your mate a chance to pause, relax and draw upon the strength of the Lord. This devotional will help you set aside anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes everyday with your spouse to grow closer to God and closer to each other. | |
| One plus One equals One | Rev. Dr. Gideon Adjei | The book addresses the important issue of how to prepare for marriage, starting with dating practices and communication between husband and wife. The book also considers other marriage related issues and reveals several secrets to a successful marital relationship. The author has advice on how to cope when couples have become a "blended family" wih multiple parents and stepchildren involved in a variety of conflicts. For more information on this book and others check out www.gideonadjei.com this book will be available in a Spanish version in the Fall of 2007. | Yes |
| Questions Couples Ask: Answers to Over 100 Common Marital Questions | Dr. Les Parrott III and Dr. Leslie Parrott | Practical advice every couple wants to know. | |
| Rock-Solid Marriage: Building a Permanent Relationship in a Throw-Away World | Dr. Robert Barnes and Rosemary Barnes | Straightforward answers, practical suggestions, rich insights, and encouragement for building a solid marriage relationship. | |
| The Blessing | Gary Smalley and John Trent | The authors show us how we can transform our lives - even when it is no longer possible to receive our parents' blessing, and offer practical, effective methods to heal broken hearts and families. | |
| The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate | Gary D. Chapman | Dr. Gary Chapman explains how people communicate love in different ways and shares the wonderful things that happen when men and women learn to speak each other's language. | |
| The Heart of Commitment | Scott Stanley | A thorough and gentle road-map toward realizing and developing a strong level of commitment in your marriage. | |
| The Language of Love | Gary Smalley and John Trent | Family counselors and best-selling authors Smalley and Trent offer a key to a life-transforming communication method - one that has been used instinctively by great speakers throughout the ages - emotional word pictures. |