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Prepare for the Christmas season With useful tips and ideas, biblical reminders, and encouragement to view Christmas from a heavenly perspective, Celebrate Christmas covers a wide range of topics to help you prepare for the Christmas season, including: Managing expectations Dealing with in-laws/extended family Offering hope for those who grieve at Christmas Reducing (or avoiding!) holiday stressors Finding ways to serve Jesus by serving others And more This Christmas season, spend time with your family and loved ones focusing on what’s important—worshiping the Savior, helping others, and enjoying the blessings God has given you. Celebrate Christmas , a free e-book from Family Life  Advent Devotional  Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional Kindle Edition $9.17 Hardcover $16.19 The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent  Kindle Edition  $3.99   Paperback $7.99 by  John Piper ...

A gender bender is defined as someone who dresses and behaves like a member of the opposite sex The state of things today Recently, we have been bombarded with images, magazine covers, newspaper stories and newscasts devoted to the transformation of Bruce Jenner into Caitlyn Jenner. Note how biography.com summarizes Jenner’s life: ... gold medal-winning track star who set a world record in the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He appeared on the Wheaties: Breakfast of Champions cereal box cover in 1977. As Bruce, he became a reality TV star in 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.' In 2015, Jenner revealed that she is transgender and has become a woman, now known as Caitlyn. ( Caitlyn Jenner, Biography: Reality Television Star, Track and Field Athlete )  Scientifically, we know that people are born male or female (this reality is in line with what the Bible teaches in Genesis). Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have domi...

What's the Deal? $120 off Family Life's "Weekend to Remember" -- use the promotional code WEEKEND when you register for one of the many events this season.  This is off the usual couple registration rate of $299.98. Why Go? "What you and your spouse will hear during the Weekend to Remember® is the result of more than three decades of biblical research by a team of men and women who distilled what it takes to have a successful marriage and family. Our speakers will show you exactly how to pursue a marriage that really works through stories of their own breakthroughs and blunders. We want you to leave the weekend with encouragement, hope, and practical tools to build and grow your relationship. That’s why we call this a Weekend to Remember."  -- from Family Life's Weekend to Remember website My wife and I went to a Family Life marriage conference and loved it. There is a lot of practical training/help for marriages of all types and ages (newlyweds...

The Four Seasons of Marriage  by Gary Chapman in e-book form is free for a limited time from www.christianbook.com Update on 02/18/2013 :  this book is now $9.69.  So, if you took advantage of this offer when posted, you would have saved almost $10.00.  Keep on visiting for more great values as I find them and make them available to you. (Summer, winter, spring, fall - which season of marriage are you in? Looking at relationships in terms of passages of the heart, Chapman guides couples through the joys, struggles, and changes that can come at any point during their lifelong journey. His fresh insights will help you and your spouse deepen your love and strengthen your communication.) Though None Go With Me in DVD  from Amazon -- awesome love story by Jerry Jenkins.  I found this at a Walmart also in a set of four different movies also or in book form from Walmart  My review of the film Family Life Today broadcasts and transcripts wh...

Update: Jeremy Camp on Family Life Today Broadcast with Dennis Rainey (you can listen online, download a transcript or listen to a podcast) Part One: I Will Walk By Faith 06/04/15 Part Two: The Valley of the Shadow of Death 06/05/15 My book review of I Still Believe Imagine losing one’s wife shortly after marrying her. Hopes and dreams and love forever after are all dashed on the rocks of cold reality. There were plenty of reasons to celebrate now there is plenty of reason to mourn. You are a musician, your wife died and therefore you cannot sing or play your guitar.  A major reason for singing, rejoicing and even living has been swept away from you with little notice.  However, the voice of God is unmistakable. And thus was born, “I Still Believe.” Rewinding to Jeremy's childhood, his mom and dad had a rough start as parents. As a result of a pregnancy, they lived together. Partying became a major part of their lives and Jeremy’s dad descended i...

While driving and doing errands today, I came upon a great Family Life Today program that I believe you simply must hear or read.  It is heart-breaking, faith-filled and encouraging all at the same time.   Finding Grace in the Depths of Disappointment with Rob and Rhonda Bugh from the series  When the Bottom Drops Out  (link provided below to get the book) Family Life Today's introduction:  Rhonda was a beloved wife, a great mom and a successful pediatrician. Her husband was a Godly man, a respected surgeon and the love of her life. Together, it looked like happily ever after, until the day her husband came home with stunning news: “I have terminal cancer”. Join us for Rhonda’s powerful journey through the valley of the shadow of death, and beyond. Get the links here to either listen to the broadcast, download it for ITunes or download a transcript for free: Finding Grace in the Depths of Disappointment