Choosing a mate. Faithfulness. Maintaining healthy communication. Sexual intimacy. Blended families. Forgiving each other. Career and family goals. The challenges of infertility. Disagreements over parenting styles. The stress of money and finances. Aging and retirement. Couples face an enormous variety of challenges over the course of a marriage--including maintaining the marriage itself. Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Couples is just what struggling couples--and those who counsel them--need. In a convenient spiral binding, this helpful resource makes the power, encouragement, and hope of Scripture accessible to pastors and counselors as they guide couples, both through premarital counseling sessions and when they hit those inevitable rough patches in marriage.

For counselors, pastors, men's ministry leaders, and any Christian man who wants a user-friendly quick reference guide to Scripture, here is an essential resource! Scripture passages are conveniently gathered under 120 topics that concern men, including anxiety, burnout, career, commitment, depression, divorce, envy, faithfulness, gambling, homosexuality, integrity, leadership, marriage, money, reputation, suffering, temptation, wisdom, and more. Perfect for counseling or for personal study and memorization.

Pastors and counselors regularly minister to people whose marriages or families are in crisis. Tempers run high and feelings are brought low when a marriage is hurting or a family is in disarray. Pastors and counselors need practical, biblical help in order to connect their theological training to the reality of modern messy relationships. These how-to training manuals provide relevant, user-friendly equipping for pastors, counselors, lay leaders, educators, and students, enabling them to competently and compassionately relate God's Word to marriage and family life.

What does a Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy involve? The 2021 Fuller Integration Symposium Lectures by Dr. Siang-Yang Tan, published in this book, cover this topic with the overall title of: “A Christian Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy: Christ-Centered, Biblically Based, and Spirit-Filled.” The three lectures in three chapters are on: (1) “A Christian Perspective on Human Nature and Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy”; (2) “Implicit and Explicit Integration in Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy: Christian Faith in Clinical Practice”; and (3) “The Role of the Holy Spirit in Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy.”

Relevant Bible passages made accessible for teens, youth leaders, and parents. Provides biblical references to kick start discussion on issues like drug abuse, cutting, eating disorders, suicide, and sexual purity.

A handy reference tool to help counselors, pastors, and individuals with specific personal needs find scriptural guidance for resolving problems. Revised and expanded.

Many people believe that the Bible has answers and encouragement for our lives--our questions, struggles, heartaches, and joys. But most people don't know where to find the answers within the pages of Scripture. People need a tether to Scripture and a map for journeying deeper and learning more from the Bible. Organized by topic, God's Wisdom for Women is the perfect starting point for women to easily discover what God has to say about their lives and journeys. Within each topic readers will find truth from God's Word, encouraging quotes from leading writers, practical steps, and suggestions for further reading. More than 50 topics--such as decision-making, friendship, contentment, grief, worry, guilt, and social media--cover a range of experiences, hardships, and joys, allowing women to seek hope and encouragement from Scripture for themselves and others.

This comprehensive textbook on pastoral ministry for pastors, church leaders, and students articulates a biblical model for shepherding God's people. Written by a leading psychologist and seminary professor who has served as a pastor for more than two decades, the book covers twelve major areas of pastoral ministry, highlights the essential work of the Holy Spirit, and focuses on the personal and family life of the pastor. It includes cross-cultural perspectives of special interest in our diverse world and a foreword by John Ortberg.

Marriage is a holy union created by God to assist men in taking dominion and nurturing the planet earth. However every man is not full grown men manhood comes in stages not in age. Women mature faster than men, yet the Cinderella complex must be removed to allow reality to set in what you see is what you get. So far man has done a lousy job Satan has not been stopped from creating havoc throughout the world. the earth atmosphere is deteriorating our weather pattern is sporadic and our waterways are polluted. the divorce rate is over 50% whether they are in the church or not. Many of our youth are afraid to wed and lead a single parent lifestyle. Many children are out of control and our killing rate is over the top. If we continue in this manner we are faced with future extinction. We need a new way of doing things yesterday is not fast enough. the fiber of humanity weighs on the outcome of husbands and wives being able to mutually work out their differences in a mature manner. This book is spiritually based to assist male and female grow in relation that keeps them together before and after they are wed. Marriage is a union of three the husband, the wife and God (or your higher power whatever that maybe). It is a three strand cord that keeps the union entwined and helps defeat the spiritual enemy Satan that hides.

One of the foremost counseling needs in our day is help with sexuality and relationship issues. But sometimes those who are faced with helping the hurting could use a little more information about the problems that people bring to them. The Quick-Reference Guide to Sexuality and Relationship Counseling provides the answers. It is an A-Z guide for assisting people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, youth workers, and everyday believers--to easily access a full array of information to aid them in (formal and informal) counseling situations. Each of the 40 topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies: 1) typical symptoms and patterns, 2) definitions and key thoughts, 3) questions to ask, 4) directions for the conversation, 5) action steps, 6) biblical insights, 7) prayer starters, and 8) recommended resources. About the series The Quick-Reference Guides are A-Z guides that assist people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, youth workers, and everyday believers--to easily access a full array of information to aid them in (formal and informal) counseling situations. Each of the forty topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies: 1) typical symptoms and patterns, 2) definitions and key thoughts, 3) questions to ask, 4) directions for the conversation, 5) action steps, 6) biblical insights, 7) prayer starters, and 8) recommended resources.