Resources by Topic: Marriage and Family

My heart goes out to you and the pain you are experiencing. You're grieving a loss right now and I’m sure you have many mixed emotions. 

I am leading a class of young families at my church and we are presently talking about how to teach your children about money. What are your answers to the following questions?

1 Corinthians 5:10 is good in broad principle, saying we have to associate with the world since we’re in it. However, that is general association, not specific partnership.

God has a perfect time and place for all of us. He knows and has planned our circumstances, and while human choice is taken into account, God is not bound by the decisions of people. 

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.” — Ephesians 5:25 What a golden example Christ gives to His disciples! 

Marriage may not change in God’s sight, but it does in man’s. Those who wonder what the family values debate is about can find out by looking at different editions of Webster’s Dictionary.

Parents have to balance their responsibility to govern their children’s lives with their teenagers’ need to develop independence and freedom. Parents have to maintain that tension. 



Parenthood is a calling, far more important than any vocation.

I think showing him the depth of her conviction through her own giving is part of that example.

Written by Randy Alcorn, April 3, 1979, the day of his daughter's birth.

Marriage is an interdependent relationship in which a wife is dependent on her husband and he is dependent on his wife.

Of all the strengths you bring into a marriage, none is more valuable than your character. That may not sound as exotic as romance, wit, or charm, but character is the beam that holds the structure together.

The series of children's books is popular with kids around the world—but the British author was taking heat from the Christian community. People argued that since the books are full of witchcraft and wizardry, crystal balls and spell-casting, they weren't fit for kids to read.

The key to your question is understanding the meaning of "commits adultery" in Matthew 19:9.