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Is IVF a Biblical Way to Have a Baby?

God alone creates life, not men, not women, and not doctors. So, if a child is created via IVF thanks to the God-given giftings of medical...

Is IVF a Biblical Way to Have a Baby?

8 Ways You Are Belittling Your Husband and What God Says about It

The drifting that occurs when we are not in perpetual union with Christ (Hebrews 2) has ripple effects like wandering from our role as wife,...

8 Ways You Are Belittling Your Husband and What God Says about It

3 Christian Cliches Destroying Young Adults' Mental Health

...to ignore the rich provisions and helpmates He’s given us forfeits the full life He calls us to live.

3 Christian Cliches Destroying Young Adults' Mental Health

5 Acts of Love Necessary for a Strong and Lasting Marriage

In order to make sure your marriage is strong and on solid ground, you need to work at it. Here are five things that will help you increase your...

5 Acts of Love Necessary for a Strong and Lasting Marriage

Childhood Grief and 6 Ways to Help Your Kids Through It

Once I was able to push past the confusion, a flood of thoughts flooded my mind. How was I going to be there for my dad? How would an absent mother...

Childhood Grief and 6 Ways to Help Your Kids Through It

5 Ways to Navigate a Strained Mother-Child Relationship This Mother's Day

If tension and hurt keep you from being together as a family, choose one small way to extend an olive branch of peace to your estranged loved ones....

5 Ways to Navigate a Strained Mother-Child Relationship This Mother's Day

9 Ways to Make Your Marriage Extraordinary

We know that God’s creation of man and woman to be together in marriage is sacred. It takes a lot of work to have a successful marriage, and you...

9 Ways to Make Your Marriage Extraordinary

8 Reasons Why It's Hard to Separate from a Narcissist

When we don’t see the wolf in sheep’s clothing, missing the red flags, we can become entangled and find it hard to separate from them. As...

8 Reasons Why It's Hard to Separate from a Narcissist

5 Ways to Incorporate Faith Into Your Family

Instead of broken relationships, sexually motivated lyrics, or vain self-love in many of today's songs, try instead songs that deal with the soul...

5 Ways to Incorporate Faith Into Your Family

7 Rewarding Reasons to Have Children

With all that they allow us to do and all that they don’t, why should we have children? Here are seven rewarding reasons why we should have...

7 Rewarding Reasons to Have Children

4 Important Ways to 'Leave and Cleave' to Your Spouse

There are many ways to cleave to one another – physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. Let’s take a look at some of these...

4 Important Ways to 'Leave and Cleave' to Your Spouse

5 Affordable Outdoor Activities for the Kids This Summer

Allow your kids' imaginations to thrive, and you might be surprised by how many games or sports they invent this summer.

5 Affordable Outdoor Activities for the Kids This Summer

8 Words of Encouragement Your Wife Needs to Hear

Your wife needs to know that you are proud of her. You are the most important person in her life, and your validation means the world to her. Don't...

8 Words of Encouragement Your Wife Needs to Hear

What Do I Tell My Kids about the Easter Bunny?

But the true meaning of new life comes as a wooden cross on a hill called Calvary with Jesus Christ.

What Do I Tell My Kids about the Easter Bunny?

6 Ideas for a Christ-Centered Family Vacation

Don’t dismiss this time as less-than-spiritual but remember and fully experience the blessing that you have been given to take this time with...

6 Ideas for a Christ-Centered Family Vacation