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Fulfilled Family (8 lessons)

 

Discover a plan for your family that not only honors God but also brings deep contentment and a sense of purpose. The Fulfilled Family will give you a sound, biblical pattern for strengthening and improving your family relationships.

 

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Age of Opportunity

 

 

Books on Parenting:

  1. Shepherding a Child’s Heart
  2. Training Hearts, Teaching Minds
  3. Teach Them Diligently
  4. Age of Opportunity

 

Books on Family:

  1. Your Family, God’s Way
  2. Strengthening Your Marriage
  3. An Excellent Wife
  4. The Exemplary Husband
  5. The Joy of a Word-Filled Family

 

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Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Tedd Tripp)
 

Shepherding a Child's Heart satisfies the hunger for fresh, biblical approaches to child rearing. Shepherding a Child's Heart is about how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child does and says flow from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way. "...out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child's heart into the paths of life.

Training Hearts, Teaching Minds (Meade Starr)
 

Teaching the Shorter Catechism has never been easier. This book of daily readings . . .

aids memorization by devoting six days per question.

explains the catechism in simple language.

provides six different meditations on the main points of each question.

includes key Scripture readings.

takes just a few minutes each day, allowing time for discussion and review.

is useful in the home, church, or classroom.

"A superb, imaginative example of how to teach historic Christian faith to our children. This is a case of the right book coming at the right time."

DAVID F. WELLS

"Provides the practical resources to infuse family devotions with meaning, purpose, and lively joy. This is a book that every family will want to have and use."

GEORGE GRANT

"An excellent tool for making the Shorter Catechism live in today's world. . . . a useful guide for home and church."

CHARLES DUNAHOO

"The supply of practical guides to the catechism for passing the faith on to our covenant children falls short of the demand. Starr Meade helps to close that significant gap. I heartily recommend this book."

MICHAEL S. HORTON

Teach Them Diligently (Lou Priolo)
 

If we truly believe that the Bible is God's revealed truth about himself and the world, then it has implications for every aspect of life. To be faithful, our lives must be informed by truth. We must know it, and we must be equipped to teach it to our children. Lou Priolo provides a practical guide to using God's word in the task of parenting, particularly in areas of discipline.

 

Age of Opportunity (Paul Tripp)
 

Are you hoping to merely survive your teenagers? With compassion, wit and wisdom, Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting families during the often chaotic adolescent years. Gain assurance of God's provision for parenting success and discover ways to seize the countless opportunities to deepen communication, learn, and grow with your teens.

 

Your Family, God’s Way (Wayne Mack)
 

As a husband, father of four, and family counselor, Wayne A. Mack knows what makes families tick. Here he offers biblical insight and practical wisdom into two crucial areas of family life: communication and conflict resolution. Alerting us to the pitfalls of faulty communication such as "undertalk," "overtalk," and poor listening. Firsthand success stories and highly practical application questions give hope and clear direction to all who wish to build stronger families God's way.

 

Strengthening Your Marriage (Wayne Mack)
 
Whichever term describes your marriage, there are ways to make it (even) better. That’s because God has designed marriage to be a relationship of deep unity and strength. Despite the challenges that couples face today, marital harmony need not be considered an impossible ideal. Wayne A. Mack recognizes the challenges before us, and shows us how to meet those challenges with growing success. In this book, he has gathered a wealth of biblical insight and practical information on marital roles, communication, finances, sex, child rearing, and family worship. Both as a counseling aid and as a guide for husbands and wives to study together, this book offers true hope and help where couples need it most.
An Excellent Wife (Martha Peace)
 
"The Excellent Wife" (10th Anniv. Ed.) contains a 48 page addendum that answers several questions received by Martha and additional counseling examples and applications.
Included are the salvation worksheets she developed and a "Question and Answer" section and: "The Put Off, Put On Dynamic," women's role in the church, "The Biblical View of Authority," "Examples of Not Answering a Fool According to His Folly," "Loneliness," "Eleven Misperceptions on Biblical Submission,  and "Advice for Women Married to Unbelievers," All this is in addition to the detailed, practical portrait of a godly wife of the entire original book.
It is thoroughly biblical, very convicting, and clearly answers the tough questions others avoid. It is usable for individual study. The Study Guides and Teacher's Guides are specifically designed for study in classes, small groups, or discipleship/counseling applications.

An Exemplary Husband (Stuart Scott)

 

God ordained marriage between a man and a woman for companionship, procreation, and so man would have a suitable helper. However, God says much more in the Bible about husbands loving their wives than He says about wives submitting to their husbands. He created marriage to be a picture of the relationship between Christ and the Church. Christ was willing to sacrifice Hs life for the Church, and God expects no less from husbands today.

The overall purpose of
The Exemplary Husband is to assist husbands toward purposeful and lasting Christlikeness for the glory of God. It was written to be a companion book for The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace. Couple who commit to the biblical principles presented in these books will find a oneness in marriage that will give God glory and bring His blessing.

The Joy of a Word Filled Family (Dr. John Barnett, 416 pages, Softcover)

                             

In this insightful book, Dr. John Barnett reminds us that the best and most important way Christians should be seeking to counter the trends of a family-hostile society is by making the Word of God the center and the focus of our own family life.  He gives a careful and thorough explanation of what it means to have a Word-centered family and how parents can achieve that goal.  For parents who are confounded and frustrated by the seemingly complex and often frustrating tasks related to leading a family, here is a much-needed resource that will help clarify and simplify your priorities as a parent.  (416p Softcover).