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Infertility: Comfort for Your Empty Arms and Heavy Heart
Amy Baker
$5.00Retail: $6.25The progression should have been natural. You got married, and children were supposed to follow in due time. But every month that ends in a period rather than a pregnancy has you feeling more and more depressed. Perhaps you even find yourself avoiding...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Forging a Strong Mother-Daughter Bond: Beyond Manipulation and Control
Leslie Vernick
$5.00Retail: $6.25Moms want to be close to their daughters. Daughters (for the most part) want a good relationship with their moms. But when that relationship is strained by one person's attempt to control and manipulate, closeness is replaced by hurt, disappointment,...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Can You Change If You're Gay?
David White
$5.00Retail: $6.25There are many voices weighing in on the question of whether you can change your sexual orientation. Yes, no, maybe so—it can be confusing and disorienting to sort through the mess. You want to follow God, but what does that mean when it comes to...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Bringing Christ to Abused Women: Learning to See and Respond
Diane Langberg
$5.00Retail: $6.25Violence against women is a growing concern, both in America and around the world. We want to help, but the problem can seem too big, too complex, too overwhelming, or too far away to tackle. Christ calls us to help the helpless, but what can we do to...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Anxiety and Panic Attacks: Trusting God When You're Afraid
Jocelyn Wallace
$5.00Retail: $6.25Suffering from anxiety and panic attacks can feel incapacitating. One minute you feel fine, and the next your heart is pounding, your mind is racing, and your stomach is clenching. Sometimes it even feels like you might be having a heart attack. The...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Your Special Needs Child: Help for Weary Parents
Stephen Viars
$5.00Retail: $6.25"Never." It's a hard word for any parent to hear. He'll never walk. She'll never feed herself. Your lives will never be the same. While the prospect of raising a special needs child can be overwhelming, Jesus Christ makes himself constantly...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Who Should I Date? Relationship Advice for the Real World
William P. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25Who should you date? You might be drawn to someone who is fun, good-looking, and interested in the same things you are, but even more important than what's on the surface is what someone is like inside. But how can you find that out? What should you look...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Who Does the Dishes? Decision Making in Marriage
Winston T. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25Who should pay the bills? Do the laundry? Work outside the home? Stay home with the kids? For many couples, answering these questions is difficult and frustrating. How do you decide which family responsibilities belong to you and which belong to your...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When the Money Runs Out: Hope and Help for the Financially Stressed
James C. Petty
$5.00Retail: $6.25If you are experiencing financial difficulties, you might be feeling anger, discouragement, fear, or even panic. There are many reasons people struggle financially-job loss, unexpected expenses, poor decisions-but, whatever the reason, money troubles are...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Your Kid's in Trouble: How to Intervene Constructively
William P. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25The question was never whether or not your child would get into trouble. The real question was whether or not you would get the chance to respond. Right now you have that chance! William P. Smith explains that your child's trouble is a God-ordained...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Crisis Hits: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
C. John Miller
$5.00Retail: $6.25When life falls apart, we feel deep confusion. Our emotions may shatter no matter how strong we have been. Our minds fill with unanswered and painful questions like the following: "Why me?" "What did I do to deserve this?" "Is there any hope for my...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Bad Things Happen: Thoughtful Answers to Hard Questions
William P. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25Is a personal God really involved in our suffering? And if he is, what in the world is he up to? Why would a good God allow suffering in his world? William P. Smith addresses these and other hard questions by reflecting on what the Bible teaches...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
What's Wrong with a Little Porn When You're Single?
R. Nicholas Black
$5.00Retail: $6.25"I know porn is wrong for a married person, but I'm single. What can it hurt?" The accessibility of pornography through the Internet means that more singles are asking themselves if porn use really matters. But Nicholas Black of Harvest USA, a ministry...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
What's Wrong with a Little Porn When You're Married?
R. Nicholas Black
$5.00Retail: $6.25You feel emotionally isolated and sexually disengaged from your spouse. Could it be that the fantasy world of pornography has intruded upon your real-life marriage? Nicholas Black of Harvest USA, a ministry for people struggling with sexual issues,...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
The Empty Nest: Finding Hope in Your Changing Job Description
Elyse Fitzpatrick
$5.00Retail: $6.25Your children are growing up and leaving home. You know this is a good thing, but at the same time, you're wondering who you are when you're not busy being your children's mother. You know this is a new season of life, but it's hard not to look back with...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Temptation: Fighting the Urge
Timothy S. Lane
$5.00Retail: $6.25How many times have you tried to change a behavior only to find yourself doing the same thing again? Do these phrases sound familiar? "There I go again!" "I've had this struggle for years, and I just can't seem to win." "I do okay for awhile, but then I...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Starting Over: How to Not Screw Up Your Relationship
William P. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25Your last relationship didn’t work out, and you got hurt—and maybe you also hurt someone else. Now what? Perhaps you are thinking about starting over with someone new, but you’re nervous and wondering if you are really ready for another...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Social Anxiety: Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Amy Baker
$5.00Retail: $6.25"I'm just shy." You've worn the label for so long that it has become your identity. A counselor recently described it as social anxiety, but the new label does nothing to ease the pain. You wish you could feel "comfortable in your own skin" but instead,...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Single and Lonely: Finding the Intimacy You Desire
Jayne V. Clark
$5.00Retail: $6.25Are you a single adult who sometimes feels isolated, vulnerable, and alone? Like everyone else you want to be known and understood; you don't want to feel invisible. You want to be included and cared about. You don't want to be lonely; you want to be...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Single Parents: Daily Grace for the Hardest Job
Robert D. Jones
$5.00Retail: $6.25If you are a single parent, you already know you have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Trying to be both dad and mom--breadwinner, cook, chauffeur, comforter, dishwasher, homework helper, disciplinarian, nurse, and role mode--can wear down the...$5.00Retail: $6.25
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