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Marriage Overview - {60⁺ articles!}
Building A Great Marriage
Harmony in Parenting – Discipline
Renewing Affection between Couples
Hope for Damaged Marriages

Biblical Parenting Principles

Overview
The Goal of Parenting
One Great Team: Dad & Mom
Parental Authority
Developing Self-control in our Children
Child Training & Routines
Correcting Our Children
Discipline & Loving Use of the Rod
Setting Boundaries
Raising Godly Children

Other Parenting/ Family Articles

Need of Parental Love
Children in Public Worship
Is Birth Control Christian?
Can Boys or Men wear earrings?
Regaining the Heart of Your Teen
Building Respect for Authority
Setting TV standards
Other links to the family
Discipling your sons: The why and way
Love & Discipline
Biblical Perspective on Drinking and Drugs
Discover Biblical Leadership

Forgiveness

What if I don't forgive?
What is forgiveness anyway?
What are the 7 steps to seek forgiveness?
Consequences of not forgiving
Forgiving ourselves
Do I need to always forgive?
What if they don't ask for forgiveness?
Forgiveness and Revival

Bitterness is like Allergies

Overcoming bitterness and finding forgiveness.
1) Ignoring God's design causes problems.
2) Our symptoms call us to correct our problems.
3) Easy to ignore certain problems
4) If not fixed, complications develop.
5) Children will inherit our problems.
6) Cures come from eliminating problem
7) Happiness resolves our problems

Grace

God's Common Grace | video | audio (New)
Grace & Graciousness
Finding Grace in Difficult Times
Grace to Forgive
Reviving a Sense of God's Grace
Grace in the NT
Grace in the OT
Spiritual Gifts & Grace
Saying Grace
Grace & Pleasure
Testimonies about God's Grace

Hope

The Transformation of Hope

Building Blocks

The Power of Shaping Truths

Reviving your Personal Devotions

Introduction
The Shaping of our Lives
Struggling for Quality Devotions
Catching the Excitement
Meeting God in NT
Quality Prayer
Quality Bible Reading
Preparing Your Heart
Great Expectations
Communing with God
Preventing Burnout
Other Questions | Study Questions

Opening Your Heart to God
Glow to Glory: A new spiritual discipline

Discerning God's Will

Problems Joining the Church?

Planning with insight
#1 Planning for disruptions
#2 Receiving God's correction
#3 Trusting God with our plans
#4 Desiring God's purpose
Summary of Principles

Understanding the Will of God
Staying Focused on God's Will
Decision-Making and Knowledge

Connecting Your Work with God's Work

Developing Your Prayer Life

BFF index of articles & videos on prayer
Jehoshaphat's Prayer

Six Aspects to Godly Prayers

Understanding the Dark World

Discovering the Source of Magic
Dangerous Secrets from Beyond
The Two Spheres of Deep Magic
Identifying the Two Great Forces
Escape from the Dark Side

The Dark World of Spiritual Things
Q & A on the Dark World (pdf handout)
Demon Possession: Is it Biblical?
Understanding How Demons Work
The Devil and His Powers
Sorcery: Satan or Flesh? Gal. 5:19

Understanding Tragedies

Introduction to Tragedies
Questions and Answers
Explaining Natural Disasters- God's Perspective
Finding Peace and Prayers
Understanding God's Judgment
The Flood and God's grace
Waiting on God for revenge
Job's Suffering (New)
Understanding Good and Evil
The World: A Backward Place To Live (New)

Reviving Your Faith

Continuous Personal Revival | Video (New)
Water Gate Revival
Understanding Revival's Cycles
From Revival to Despair
Revival comes from Joining the Church
Reviving Our Lives through God's Word
2 Chronicles 7:14 & Revival
Three Steps to Renewal
Revive Me, O Lord
Living by the Spirit
More! An index on Revival article

Discipleship

Discipleship Training

'The Flow' : A video podcast with study questions
'The Flow' : The Training Process (Slideshow)
'The Flow' Explained
Advanced Discipleship Training (ADT)
Thoughts on discipleship
Designing discipleship materials
Developing Our Prayer Life at Different Stages (New)
Stages to discipleship
Concepts of discipleship
Key discipleship principles
The Heart of Discipleship (Is 50:4-5)
Shaping Concepts
Combating Spiritual Decline
Path of Spiritual Decline
Fitting into the Cycle of Growth
Discipling your sons: The why and way
Restoration of our Lives (3 parts)
Spiritual Warfare: General Principles
The Plan of Discipleship (2 Tim 2:2)
Principles & Problems of Church Planting

Discipleship Level 1

Basic Discipleship Introduction
3 x E Discipleship- Student & Teacher

Cross Training -
A Discipleship training course
that builds character through observing
relationships in the scriptures.

Discipleship Level 2

Level #2 Discipleship Introduction

Reaching Beyond Mediocrity Index

Extra Resources: Understanding Temptation

Discipleship Level 3

Level #3 Discipleship Introduction

Finding Salvation

Gaining New Life
How does truth set free?
Rivers of Living Water
Uniqueness of Jesus Christ

Sharing Christ

Introduction | Podcast

The Origins of the Bible

The Challenge of the Bible
The Transformation of the Bible
The Canonization of the Bible
The Extent of the Bible
The Inspiration of the Bible
The Reliability of the Bible
The Relevance of the Bible
Which Bible Version to use?
A Conspiracy with Bible Versions?

The Bible - the Word of God

Chronological order of Bible books
Order of the Hebrew Cannon
The Sword of the Spirit
Is God's Word Relevant?
Skepticism and Higher Bible Criticism (New)

Ministry In the Church
Cell Groups

Purpose of Cell Group
Worship in a Cell Group
Edification in a Cell Group
Ministry in a Cell Group
Special Role for Cell Group Leaders

Full-Time Ministry

Your Basic Training Manual: Video -Audio
Counselor Training Manua:l video 1 | video 2
Waiting for Ministry: 1 Samuel 16:6-13
Taking the Next Step into Ministry
Train Leaders for Full-time Ministry
Advanced Discipleship Training (ADT)
ADT 3-Day Seminars
Scheduling & Planning

The Godly Man

Righteousness, not Compromising
Fear God, not Man
Pure Heart, not Divided
Humble, not Proud
Grace and Graciousness
Love not Lust
Truth, Not Deception
Faith and Faithfulness
Waiting On God Not Man
Goodness and Contentment

Godly Leadership

Discovering Effective Leadership
The Making of a Godly Leader Seminar (New)
Overcoming Discouragement and Depression
Bible Studies on Godly Living
Dangers of Counseling
Setting Priorities
7 Principles to Spirit Dependent Teaching
The Christian Premarital Counseling Manual with handouts and worksheets

Counseling

Overcoming Sexual Lusts

The Big Race

Joining in
Getting Ready
Getting in Shape
Your Trainers
Distance Training
Course Overview
Crossing the Line
Readying the Mind
Mastering the Course
Deciding to Win
Running the Race

Battling Sexual Immoralities/Relativism
Handling Pornographic Attacks
Redeeming a Walk: Enjoying God's beauty and avoiding lusts

The Ruins of Sexual Immorality: Hugh Hefner is No Friend

Society and Truth

Moral Slide of Sin
Filled with charts depicting the connection between cultural and personal sin.
Influence of Truth on Society
Truth can be found in non-Christian cultures.
Cracking Foundations