Marriage and Family

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Family is the structure of civilization, and healthy family relationships give us security, stability, and happiness. Many of us do not have this experience in our pasts, but it is never too late to build up your family moving forward. Ask for God's blessing in your family and use these resources to work toward a peaceful, happy family.

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Treasure Digest: Turning the Hearts "Honor Your Father and Your Mother"

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you" (Exodus 20:12).
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Reading the Scriptures to Your Children

Why not take advantage of the incredible, spongelike learning capacity of our children to start planting the most important information of all—God's instructions—within them at a young age? Here are some tips on reading the Bible as a family no...
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Treasure Digest: Turning the Hearts

Problem Solver or Mound Maker?
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U.S. Facing Identity Crisis

Identity crises are not limited to individuals. Nations may also suffer from identity crises that portend catastrophic consequences.
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Encouragement--A Powerful Parenting Tool

Encouragement is a foundational parenting principle—and a priceless gift we can give our children that pays great dividends.
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Setting Limits for Your Child Maintaining the Balance

The spectrum of parenting runs from very permissive to super authoritarian. How can we find the biblical balance that will benefit our children the most?
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Treasure Digest: Turning the Hearts "Oh, You're Backpackers!"

Recently I received a letter with an article about turning the hearts of family members to each other. I felt the article offers some tips for family bonding and would like to share it with you.
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Why Can't We Just Get Along?

In a world filled with strife, having good friends can be difficult. What can you do to develop good friendships?
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Pop Culture Delicacies: Is This the Right Ride?

Many young people who have grown up with religious values look for the good life when they go to college. Is abandoning God and the church the way to go?
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How Did Jesus Treat His Parents?

Unlike his mother and stepfather, Jesus was God in the flesh. Yet how He treated His physical parents serves as an example for us today.
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Treasure Digest: Turning the Hearts

It Takes Two, Part 2
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World News and Trends: The continuing tragedy of unsafe abortions

Unsafe abortions are a problem of global proportions, most particularly in Asia. Thousands of women have experienced serious long-term effects with debilitating physical injuries, not to mention long-lasting psychological problems.
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World News and Trends: Increasing middle-aged promiscuity

Disturbing trends in the moral behavior of those over 50 are increasingly coming to light.
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Reality TV NOT

I could have titled this: "America, Get a Life!" Because the examples you are about to read are so outlandish, you might think they are exaggerations. But I assure you they are true (regrettably, considering what that says about America).
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Successful Parenting: What Makes It Work?

Many parents can find themselves overwhelmed when it comes to parenting. What biblical keys can lay the right foundation?
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Today's Music: What's the Message to Our Kids?

Music today is a very bad influence on our youth.
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You Can Win the War Against the Family

Modern pop culture is robbing children of their innocence while undermining their character growth by addicting them to random violence, filthy language and explicit sex. In spite of this subtle brainwashing, you can still win the war being waged against...
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Will the Family Survive?

An editorial note from Jerold Aust
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Encouragement A Powerful Parenting Tool

This issue we focus on a foundational parenting principle—a priceless gift we can give our children that pays great dividends.
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Treasure Digest: Turning the Hearts: It Takes Two

Jesus Christ replied to the questioning Pharisees, "Have you not read... For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh? So then, they are no...
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