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However, we weren’t always this happy. During the early years of our marriage my wife and I experienced significant conflicts. God is most gracious. He taught us how to overcome the challenges we faced and find spiritual harmony in our home. Our marriage has gotten better each year. The reason we are having so much fun today is that Biblical truth, when applied to the problems and challenges of the modern family, works just as well now as it did 2000 years ago. To that end we share this collection of Biblically sound resources for couples and parents…
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So
What About
our Family? In my writings I share the Biblical principles
my wife Sallie and I followed in raising our two children and building our marriage
of 27 years. We have been blessed
to witness each of our children develop a strong faith and Christian walk.
Children are a Blessing! As parents we didn’t do everything right. Even though we were both Christians when we married, we
thought at times about calling it quits in the first few years. Thanks to our upbringing and religious convictions,
divorce was never a word in our vocabulary. Separation, our only allowable alternative,
was highly impractical! At times we thought God made a serious mistake in
bringing us together! Despite our genuine faith and regular Bible study, for the first seven years of our marriage we were only marginally
successful in making Christianity work comfortably in our own home. We experienced
frequent conflict over many things. The only thing we
always agreed on in those early years was that we truly loved our children
and could not
bear to see their lives torn apart by a failed marriage! God was gracious and
He helped us
learn how to live together and love one another, despite our stubborn ways!