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Twenty-first-century how-to advice for parents who want to protect children as they launch them into college, from bestselling author Stephen Arterburn, host of New Life Live!, the nation's number one Christian call-in counseling show.Your child is getting ready to leave home for college…and you are terrified. You’ve been preparing for this moment for years—but as a Christian parent, you are well aware of the kind of ideological indoctrination that takes place on most college campuses. Will your child make it through the next four years with his faith intact? This is a question syndicated radio host Stephen Arterburn hears regularly from his listeners. In Understanding and Loving Your College Student, he teams with life coach James Phillis to help parents develop in their kids a love for God that encompasses their heart, soul, mind, and strength and a love for their neighbors on campus, as well as themselves. This book will -Help parents of kids still in junior high or high school lay a solid groundwork for living out their faith -Offer tools for helping your child select the right school, including financial aid tips -Help you let go of the reins of your child’s life as he becomes an adult (and makes mistakes in the process), and -Help you transition from having a child in your home to having a relationship with the adult you have raised. Raising children is never easy—and letting go is hard. But with some practical tools and wisdom from others who’ve been down that road, you can find peace in the process.

This practical guide helps spouses to understand what drives sexual addiction and how to find healing after betrayal.

This encouraging guide helps readers care for someone wrestling with the darkness of depression without becoming depressed or hopeless themselves.

The Healing is a Choice Today trade book centers on the 10 choices you must make and 10 lies you must reject to ensure you are not standing in God's way of ensuring His healing powers for you. This 10-week devotional companion will explore topics designed to encourage and motivate readers to focus on the choices that enable true healing.

When most parenting books were written decades ago, they did not addressnor could they addressall of the issues parents would face today in the era of technology and excess. Parents do not need another article that contradicts the last one they read; rather, they need insights, techniques, and strategies to tackle the issues of twenty-first-century parenting. That's what the Understanding and Loving Your Child series of books will do. Understanding and Loving Your Child Who Smokes Pot will give parents methods they can use to connect with and support their children who use marijuana. These tools will equip parents to avoid conflict and shame while they continue to love and guide their child.

When most parenting books were written decades ago, they did not addressnor could they addressall the issues parents would face today in the era of technology and excess. Parents do not need another article that contradicts the last one they read; rather, they need insights, techniques, and strategies to tackle the issues of twenty-first-century parenting. That's what the Understanding and Loving Your Child series of books will do. Understanding and Loving Your Child with ADHD will guide parents with methods they can use to help children who suffer from ADHD build character and competence rather than conflict, failure, shame, or disconnection.

It's Time to Gear Up for BattleYou're bombarded with temptation daily, pressured from every side to compromise your sexual, spiritual, and personal integrity. Sometimes you feel as if you're standing alone, fighting a losing battle for honor in our anything-goes culture. It takes guts-and a firm commitment-to align yourself with God's unchanging standards no matter what the world, your coworkers, or even other Christians define as "normal.” And Everyday for Every Man provides the hard-hitting challenges and encouragement you need to live with integrity and purity in every area of your life. Adapted from the best-selling Every Man series, each one-page daily devotional tackles sensitive topics with frankness and honesty and reinforces key principles for building moral strength.With 365 power-packed readings, Everyday for Every Man equips you with the weapons and armor you need to fight temptation each day-and emerge victorious.

How to maintain your godly boundaries even under pressure.When you're faced with an imminent threat, your body releases adrenaline. Your heart beats faster. Your muscles tense, and all your senses switch to "Go.” But what happens when your spiritual well-being is under attack? Do you stand strong in your desire to do God's will...or run for the hills?The path of faith is tough traveling. Fighting to hold on to God's purposes under adverse conditions is inconvenient, impractical, and thoroughly unpredictable. Standing firm under pressure reveals our true convictions about God, about everything. In Being God's Man by Standing Firm Under Pressure you'll examine one man-named Daniel-and his band of brothers who demonstrated how not to compromise under pressure. They didn't let misfortune, temptation, manipulation, intimidation, or even death shake their faith into compromise. Instead, they faced each new challenging circumstance with courage and trust. As God's man, you can, too. Special Features:·Practical studies facilitate personal encounters with God and other men·Questions encourage genuine reflection and help build godly convictions·"Real Life” case studies show how the truths you discover have worked out in other men's lives·"Standing Strong” section gives you the opportunity to form and express your action steps with God and your group

How satisfied are you with your life? Men like you are finding it tougher than ever to be content with what they have. They compare themselves with others and continually come up short. The soul-gnawing result is discouragement and disappointment. Lasting contentment comes only from a transformation of your mind, emotions, and will. It also takes a personal encounter with the God who can make you content. In Being God's Man by Finding Contentment, you will track this struggle for a new identity through various biblical passages. Like Jacob, you will not be fully settled and content until you lay to rest your past and take up a new identity in Christ. Jacob became a new creature, a man on a mission for the Lord. His struggle was over. He knew why he was here and what he had to do. His life took on purpose and meaning that transcended the striving. Yours can, too.Special Features:·Practical studies facilitate personal encounters with God and other men·Questions encourage genuine reflection and help build godly convictions·"Real Life” case studies show how the truths you discover have worked out in other men's lives·"Standing Strong” section gives you the opportunity to form and express your action steps with God and your group

Growing older is inevitable and, as we often say, it beats the alternative. But just because we age does not mean we must give in to a slow deterioration of our bodies, minds, social circles, and interests. It doesn't mean we need to give up on our dreams, goals, or aspirations. In fact, as people live longer and healthier into old age, we need to decide what we want to do with all the extra years we've been given!In Living Strong, Finishing Well, Dr. David Stoop draws upon his more than 80 years on the planet and his decades of counseling, speaking, and writing to show you how to live every moment to its fullest until you're finally called home. He shows you how to be yourself, continue the search for meaning, stay humble, build on your friendships, develop resilience, stay teachable, and more as you learn to accept the gifts that come with growing older and wiser in a world that needs what you have to give.

Begin the journey of recovery from grief! Let's start now on a twelve-step path that will lead us out of the death grip of grief into the restoration of life. In the Life Recovery Workbook for Grief, discover real-life stories of fellow travelers, great questions for individual or group discussion, and a Bible-centered approach to freedom. Twelve beautiful blessings await after our hard work on the journey of recovery from grief. Step 1: Open our hearts to God's power to free us from the grip of grief. 'Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak.' (Psalm 6:2) Step 2: Allow God to join us in the powerful emotions of grief. 'My heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away.' (Isaiah 24:16) Step 3: Rest in God's care and help to take our loss and grief. 'Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.' (Matthew 11:28) Step 4: Gain a true picture of how God sees us as we grieve. 'Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!' (Nehemiah 8:10) Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with confession. 'But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.' (1 John 1:9) Step 6: Get ready for repentance and movement through our grief. 'Would you like to get well?' (John 5:6) Step 7: Allow God's Spirit to heal our hearts from grief. 'I will comfort those who mourn.' (Isaiah 57:18) Step 8: Create a list of people our grief may have adversely affected. 'Do to others as you would like them to do to you.' (Luke 6:31) Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sins and experience a clean slate. 'Go and be reconciled to that person.' (Matthew 5:24) Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. 'Be careful not to fall.' (1 Corinthians 10:12) Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. 'The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him.' (Lamentations 3:25) Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from grief. 'Gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.' (Galatians 6:1) STEPHEN ARTERBURN is the founder of New Life Ministries -- the nation's largest faith-based broadcast, counseling, and treatment ministry -- and host of the nationally syndicated New Life Live! daily radio program. He is a Gold Medallion-winning author and co-editor of The Life Recovery Bible. DAVID STOOP, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder of The Center for Family Therapy in Newport Beach, California. He also serves on the executive board of the American Association of Christian Counselors. David is a Gold Medallion-winning author and co-editor of The Life Recovery Bible.

Begin the journey of recovery from sexual addiction! Let's start now on a twelve-step path that will lead us out of inappropriate sexual behaviors into the restoration of life. In the Life Recovery Workbook for Sexual Integrity, discover real-life stories of fellow travelers, great questions for individual or group discussion, and a Bible-centered approach to freedom. Twelve beautiful blessings await after our hard work on the journey of recovery from sexual addiction. Step 1: Open our hearts to God's power to free us from the grip of unhealthy sexual behaviors. 'O God, please strengthen me just one more time.' (Judges 16:28) Step 2: Allow God to restore our sexual sanity. 'Who can bring purity out of an impure person?' (Job 14:4) Step 3: Submit to God in order to be freed from the bondage of life-stealing addiction. 'If you give up your life for me, you will find it.' (Matthew 10:39) Step 4: Self-examination leads us out of addiction. 'You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right.' (2 Corinthians 7:11) Step 5: Experience the healing that begins with mutual confession. 'Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.' (James 5:16) Step 6: Get ready for God to heal us from addictive sexual behaviors. 'You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.' (Psalm 51:17) Step 7: Invite God to remove our sexual shortcomings. 'I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.' (Isaiah 57:15) Step 8: Create a list of people our unwise sexual behavior adversely affected. 'Now, however, it is time to forgive.' (2 Corinthians 2:7) Step 9: Restore relationships damaged by our sexual sins and experience a clean slate. 'But then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.' (Ezekiel 33:14) Step 10: Review daily the defects in us that hinder healthy life with God and others. 'So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives.' (James 1:21) Step 11: Grow closer to God through prayer and meditation. 'Teach me how to live, O Lord.' (Psalm 27:11) Step 12: Bless others with the blessing of healing from habitual sexual sin. 'He will give a crown of beauty for ashes.' (Isaiah 61:3) STEPHEN ARTERBURN is the founder of New Life Ministries -- the nation's largest faith-based broadcast, counseling, and treatment ministry -- and host of the nationally syndicated New Life Live! daily radio program. He is a Gold Medallion-winning author and co-editor of The Life Recovery Bible. DAVID STOOP, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder of The Center for Family Therapy in Newport Beach, California. He also serves on the executive board of the American Association of Christian Counselors. David is a Gold Medallion-winning author and co-editor of The Life Recovery Bible.

The Life Recovery Workbooks meet the needs of people dealing with compulsive behaviors that go beyond alcohol and substance abuse. These workbooks complement The Life Recovery Bible and focus on developing a biblical foundation for both understanding and successfully overcoming specific areas of struggle. Each workbook explores how Scripture speaks to a specific issue. The series provides a solid recovery path to many who have never considered working the 12 Steps for a specific problem and for those who have worked the 12 Steps for addiction or codependency but have never homed in on a specific area of struggle.

The Mediterranean Love Plan unveils the ';7 Secrets of Passion' from some of the most romantic countries in the world: Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Israel. Most couples marry in a flurry of passion, but soon find themselves wondering ';How do we keep love interesting, fun and romantic? How do we keep the spark growing for decades?'Steve and Misty Arterburn offer unique, ground-breaking answers to these age-old questions.Romance is much more than a date night out or a week away. A passionate, long-lasting love requires two people who are sensually in love with life and each other. In this fascinating book, the authors explore research on seven activities that prompt passion, then describe how Mediterranean cultures practice these secrets in everyday life. Steve and Misty also share how these fun-to-apply secrets have taken their own marriage from confused to confident, from discouraged to delighted and how you can do it too. The Mediterranean Love Plan will help couples become more playful, creative, connected and romantic -- burning with passion that stands the test of time.

The groundbreaking guide to winning the battle with sexual temptation--now revised and updated to help men navigate the realities of technology and other contemporary challenges.From movies and television to print media and the Internet, men are continually bombarded with sensual images and content. It is impossible to avoid temptation, but this book offers a clear and tested strategy for victory.Millions have found Every Man's Battle an invaluable guide to overcoming the struggle and remaining strong in the face of temptation. With extensive updates, including the latest data on the intersection between brain science and sexuality, this bestseller shares the stories of dozens who have escaped the trap of sexual immorality and presents a practical, detailed plan for living with sexual integrity and a godly view of women.A comprehensive workbook makes this an ideal resource for small groups as well as personal use.

Drawing from an extensive national survey of more than 1,300 men and women, best-selling author Stephen Arterburn reveals 7 things you must stop doing that damage your marriage. Second, he presents 7 positive things you must start doing to build a great marriage. But most important: he tells you what to do if your spouse is not willing to do anything. As Arterburn explores these behaviors with real-life stories and biblical insight, you will discover fresh ideas and greater motivation to make your marriage thrive.Finally, Arterburn reveals a final 7 that brings you to the heart of the matter. The 7 minutes that will matter most for any couple, no matter whether you're just thinking of getting married or have been together for many years. Once you get it, you'll never question the 7-minute marriage solution.

You’ve already been set free by Christ.When are you going to start experiencing that freedom?What does it look like when a man lives out a truly authentic, loving walk with Jesus Christ? It looks like freedom.The Apostle Paul, a man made new by the gospel of Jesus Christ, presents one of the clearest images of the godly man in action. He’s committed to a life of faith, focused on the Spirit instead of the flesh, set free to love others. No longer focused on himself, he demonstrates his faith by serving others. You can be that kind of man by claiming your freedom in Christ. Being God’s man means being set free to exemplify Christ’s love.Being God’s Man by Claiming Your Freedom will stimulate personal reflection and honest dialogue with God and other men. The goal is that you will strive to be God’s man in every way–feeling his heart for others, and doing his will obediently and joyfully.Special Features:·Practical studies–for individual use or group settings–facilitate personal encounters with God and other men·Questions encourage genuine reflection and help build godly convictions·“Real Life” case studies show how the truths you discover have worked out in other men’s lives·“Standing Strong” section gives you the opportunity to identify action steps for lasting change.

You may be single by choice or circumstance. You may plan to marry and have a family, or you may sense a call to lifelong singleness. Even so, your situation is God’s will for you now. What will you do with it? What will you learn from it? And how will you survive the temptations confronting singles in this world?You know firsthand that single men face unique spiritual and moral struggles. Character is the cornerstone of being God’s man as a single in today’s culture. To live successfully out of a commitment to Christ, you as a single man must master the issues of sexual integrity, isolation, contentment, spiritual battle, and identity in Christ. Being God’s Man…as a Satisfied Single is designed to help you do just that.

“I’ve worked hard to get where I am. I’ve overcome great obstacles. I’ve earned it.” No one had a greater right to say those statements more than King David. He rose from the fields of Palestine to the palace of power and privilege. He’d made it. But now that he was on top, would he continue to grow spiritually in the midst of his success?Self-sufficiency is a temptation every man faces. But we can’t be both self-sufficient and on the move spiritually at the same time. Just as in David’s life, God often allows us to experience the consequences of self-sufficiency so that we can rediscover our need for his leadership and empowerment in our lives. In the end, the crushing blows we face serve to humble us…and forge the basis for the next wave of spiritual momentum in our lives.Being God’s Man…in the Search for Success will help you–whether in individual or group study–come to grips with the attitudes and actions you must own as you move forward to achieve God’s goals for you in life.

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Mastering Your Moods brings together three of America's foremost Christian counselors to offer help for those who suffer from mood swings or depression.

For those readers who are struggling with an imbalance between their home life and work life, Stephen Arterburn, reveals 10 cutting-edge insights for gaining and maintaining a life-nurturing balance.

Avoiding Mr. Wrong (now available in trade paper) alerts women to the signs, symptoms, and dangers of finding Mr. Wrong and offers insight on how to eliminate these men from their relationship-building equations.