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Question Recently, my husband decided to leave our church because he said he doesn’t feel spiritually led there anymore. I see this as a division in our family because I haven’t heard God tell me to leave our church and go with my husband. I like our church and don’t want to leave. Any advice? Answer Given our gender, personality type, and background differences, the issue of what church to attend can become complex and lead to disagreement. One of the many things we’ve learn

Question My wife and I attend separate churches. She attends the church from her childhood where most of her friends and her sister and mother are members. While that church is fine, I find it’s not my worship style and I prefer the church I attend. Hers is more contemporary, while mine is more liturgical. Is it wrong for us not to go to the same church? Answer We’ve discovered in our own marriage and in the marriages of hundreds of couples that we’ve worked with that one of

Question I am a Christian, but my husband is not. We don’t see eye to eye about parenting issues, which makes it difficult to be a team in raising our 6-year-old son. My husband also displays behavior around our son that I disagree with. I’ve tried to talk to him, but he doesn’t see a problem. How can I raise my son to be a godly young man in spite of all this? Answer That’s a great question. When it comes to raising sons, a dad’s role is significant because, in essence, boys

Question My husband and I weren’t Christians when we married. But I'm a Christian now, and he isn’t. He doesn’t like that I believe in God. I’d love for my husband to accept Jesus. What should I do? Answer Many have walked this path before you and many have seen their spouse, over time, give their life to Jesus. When someone becomes a Christian, their enthusiasm can cause them to say and do things, with the best of intentions, that can alienate and offend those they love most

1. Start with Prayer 2. His Purpose for Us We are gathered in the name of Jesus and He is in our midst. Before God and each other we have made a commitment to faithfully gather together with one purpose in mind–to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ, deepen our character, strengthen one another’s call, and become men of integrity. By the grace of mutual affirmation and meaningful accountability, our aim is through love, rebuke, service, exhortation, celebration, and encourageme

Question Three years ago my husband was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It’s a chronic condition that causes pain in muscles, joints, and nerves. This has struck down his faith and sent him into a deep depression. We aren’t really spiritual mismatched, it’s just that in this season he’s completely disinterested in spiritual matters. He won’t attend church, prayer, or talk about God. What should I do? Answer After three years of struggling with the physical pain, the increasing p

I grew up in a nice quiet neighborhood in Southern California. The two-parent family was the norm. When I was in grade school, I remember being told by a friend that only two blocks from his house lived a woman who had “really been divorced.” In those days divorce was rare. Times have changed. I could fill an entire article with facts and figures that would document the alarming decline and disintegration of the family. In unprecedented numbers our families are changing: we h

John Perkins's remarkable life story began in rural, segregated Mississippi, where his father disappeared and his mother died shortly after his birth. Raised by tough, bootlegging relatives, he never finished elementary school. As a teenager, he held his dying brother Clyde in his arms after a trigger-happy police officer shot him, a decorated serviceman just back from World War II. Relatives urged an angry Perkins to leave town before he got shot himself. In 1947, they helpe