Family
Expressing Emotions
NEIL ANDERSON DAILY DEVOTIONAL from Freedom in Christ Ministries October 8 Being Emotionally Honest Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ (Ephesians 4:15). You can guard your intimate relationships by monitoring how you verbally express your emotions to them. For example, […]
Divorce And Remarriage
(Rough notes of a talk given to a specially-convened church meeting. The pastor there had recently married a divorcee, and opinions among church members were divided…) Rowland Croucher ‘Marriage is an impossible arrangement between two imperfect people’ (Dr. Arch Hart). ‘The basic cause of divorce is marriage’ (Bertrand Russsell, 1921). We address tonight one of […]
Childhood Sexual Abuse
* ‘Cynthia’, a university student wrote: ‘When I was sexually abused as a child and raped as a young girl, I felt numb. Feeling was just too much. After the first sharp jolt, I realized that this was just too much for me to bear, and I left my body. I felt scared and confused […]
Bill Clinton’s Adultery (Revisited)
I regularly speak to women’s and men’s groups. My current exercise for them: ‘Turn to the few people around you and discuss what you would say if your teenage daughter or son asked you "Why does President Clinton, by his own admission, have these affairs with young women?"’ The answers are usually predictable. ‘Bill and […]
Teaching Babies About God!
By Chip Alford NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Can you really "teach" babies about God? Recent findings on brain development suggest an affirmative answer to that question. "Babies are beginning to form associations about everything in their world, so how could you not begin introducing them to God and Jesus?" Lynette Henderson, a doctoral student at the George […]
Tv And Family Entertainment
The following compilation of articles containing statistics will be updated frequently. Please register with our URL minder found on our home page at http://www.dove.org/ Dove News Briefs: October 14, 1996 – Nielsen Media Research announced there are now 97 million. U.S. TV households as of Sept. 2, 1996. 38.9 million of these house children 2 […]
Grief Recovery
Religious and spiritual leaders have pointed out for centuries that we should look at loss as an opportunity for personal spiritual development. Yet in modern life, moving through intense emotional pain has become such a misunderstood process that most of us have very little idea of how to respond to loss. What do we mean […]
Healthy Families
By Chip Alford NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Characterized by a high divorce rate and a low regard for commitment, America is losing the concept of a strong, healthy family. But it doesn’t have to be a terminal condition, a child psychiatrist and popular Christian author and speaker said. "God is always in charge and he will see […]
Parenting
Discipline your son while there is hope (Proverbs 19:18). An average child begins to struggle with his identity and seek his independence as he approaches the age of 12. The permissive parent starts to panic when the child assumes his own identity and starts pulling away. Fearing the worst, the parent becomes authoritarian by tightening […]
Friends
There are friends with a little "f" and friends with a big "F". The first is a large group with sloppy admission standards, the other an elite, time-tested crew. A little "f" friend: identifies themselves when they call. A big "F" Friend: doesn’t have to. A little "f" friend: opens a conversation with a full […]
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