When Your Spouse Doesn’t Believe: 3 Postures for Faithful Living

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“When you realize your spouse doesn’t have faith in Christ, it can feel like your union has suffered a major injury. Where God meant oneness, there’s dislocation, and you can’t heal it. But you can learn to walk by faith.” - TGC

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"New advanced research shows divorce brings long-term harm for adult children"

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“The new research just published by NBER charts new findings into how divorce is far more damaging to children than anyone ever imagined. It also quantifies deleterious effects far into adulthood and documents the causal effect by examining a million sibling groups to measure differing before/after affects within a family.” - World

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Value Singleness Without Devaluing Marriage

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“The percentage of married adults in America has steadily fallen since 1900, and now, approximately 40 percent of adults in the United States are single.” - TGC

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Conservatives Must Know What to Conserve

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“For many of these voters, being on the political right is not about being conservative, at least not socially conservative. The result is significant lack of clarity on the political right about what social conservatives hope to conserve.” - Breakpoint

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For Richer, for Poorer: How to Steward Money in Marriage

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“Using the word makarios, which means ‘happy-making,’ Jesus said, ‘There is more happiness in giving than in receiving’ (Acts 20:35 GNT). Nanci and I found that happiness, not duty, permeates a God-honoring theology of money.” - Randy Alcorn

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Mapping US Divorce Rates

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“Couples who practice the Christian faith seriously and the disciplines and values it teaches face a substantially decreased life-time risk of divorce, some by as much as 30 to 50% reduced risk relative to the general population.” - Daily Citizen

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Resolving Conflict: New Study Shows What Long-term Couples Can Teach Us

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“One important skill that married couples develop over time is the ability to Jointly Negotiate Conflict Resolution Strategies (JNCRS) to their mutual benefit…. Only a few small studies have looked at what goes right in marriages over the long-term in conflict resolution.” - IFS

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What Does the Bible Teach About Divorce and Remarriage?

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“ ‘Do I have to stay in this marriage?’ Carol asked. As her pastor, my first response was to show compassion and work with a team of church members to ensure Carol’s ongoing safety. But I also had a responsibility to give a clear answer to Carol’s question.” - TGC

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