All Resources - Resources - Eternal Perspective Ministries

What should I do if I fear my spouse and I have become unequally yoked?

Question from a reader:

During the time of our marriage my wife and I were equally yoked. Today I have been striving and working harder to build a closer relationship with Christ, but my wife has chosen to do otherwise and I fear we are no longer equally yoked. I want our marriage to work and pray about it every day. I am trying hard to keep the family together. What should I do in this situation?

Should I feel guilty for working hard to support my family?

Question from a reader:

It feels like cruel and unnecessary manipulation when you say that “One of the great ironies of our culture is that fathers spend more time making money and less time with their children.” I spend a lot of time with my kids, but am I to feel guilty for working hard to support my family?

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

Working hard and making money to care for your family is a great and biblical thing. I did it and I'm glad you are too. I also spent a lot of time with my kids. But of course, that's NOT what I'm talking about.

Cultivating Your Marriage

This is wedding season and I'm sure a lot of you will be going to weddings over the next few months. If you're married, be sure to use this opportunity to think in terms of cultivating and preserving your marriage. If you're not married, do what you can to support the sanctity of marriage and uphold the importance of this sacred gift and trust God has imparted to humanity.

wedding rings Nanci and I will be celebrating our 36th anniversary this year. We thank God for His faithfulness and are profoundly grateful that we are each other’s best ...

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
Eternal Perspective Ministries
Marriage and Family, Pastors' and Group Leaders' Resources
courageous, fatherhood

Courageous and Fatherhood Resources for Pastors and Group Leaders

Resources related to Randy's books Courageous, The Resolution, and the topic of fatherhood.

Wed, Jan 11, 2012
Eternal Perspective Ministries
Marriage and Family
audio, environment, families, home, links, modesty, mom to mom, moms, purity, resources

Guarding the Environment of Your Home: Mom to Mom Q&A with Randy and Nanci (audio, video and resources)

Randy and Nanci Alcorn's Q&A session at the January 12, 2012 Mom to Mom about "Guarding the Environment of Your Home." Includes related resources and links.

What makes a person married? Is it the legal paper you sign, or the “two becoming one flesh” (sex)?

Question from a reader:

Scripture seems to define marriage as "two becoming one flesh", but we're also often taught that God designed sex only for the within context of marriage. How does just signing a paper to be married make it right before God to have sex?

Answer from Jim Swanson:

(Jim Swanson, M.Th, MSM., EPM volunteer)

The first marriage had no paper license and no human community witness. God was the witness to the union of two souls. The act of marriage to consummate that state was sex. The basis of the marriage was the very act ...

Changing Christmas in our Families and in our Hearts

ChristmasWorldBalls An alarming number of children from Christian homes grow up grasping for every item they can lay
their hands on. Children raised in such an atmosphere—which includes most children in America—are afflicted with a killer disease called “affluenza.”

Leaving a Legacy of Faithfulness: The Father as Model and Mentor

Modeling Your Role as God’s Leader & Image Bearer

Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God, and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do. Exodus 18:19-20 (ESV)

God did not create human fathers, realize they were like him, and decide to call himself our Father. On the contrary, He created marriage and family to communicate not only Christ’s love ...

Grace and Truth in Parenting (audio)

In this 2 minute audio clip, Randy Alcorn talks about the need for "grace parents" and "truth parents" to learn from each other.

Wed, Jun 08, 2011
Sharon Misenhimer
Marriage and Family, Prolife
alternatives to the pill, tubal ligation, tubes

What is your opinion of tubal ligations?

What is your opinion of tubal ligations? My husband and my mother both think I should have my tubes tied. I am 36 years old and have only one son who is nine. Since his birth I've had many miscarriages; his birth was a miracle. I am due with another son and am perplexed now as to whether or not I should have my tubes tied after his birth. I’m concerned about more miscarriages and I don’t know if I want more children or not. I don't want to do anything with selfish motives. I can't decide what to do. —C.K.

EternalPerspectiveMinistries

Resources: Marriage and Family

What should I do if I fear my spouse and I have become unequally yoked?

Question from a reader:

Should I feel guilty for working hard to support my family?

Question from a reader:

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

Cultivating Your Marriage

Courageous and Fatherhood Resources for Pastors and Group Leaders

Guarding the Environment of Your Home: Mom to Mom Q&A with Randy and Nanci (audio, video and resources)

What makes a person married? Is it the legal paper you sign, or the “two becoming one flesh” (sex)?

Question from a reader:

Answer from Jim Swanson:

Changing Christmas in our Families and in our Hearts

Leaving a Legacy of Faithfulness: The Father as Model and Mentor

Modeling Your Role as God’s Leader & Image Bearer

Grace and Truth in Parenting (audio)

What is your opinion of tubal ligations?

Resource Library

Resource Library Categories

Tags