FAMILY MINISTRY

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PDF Article: Lee, Edgar.“The Family: God's Idea,” CE Counselor. 7:3 (May June 2000) 4-5.  (Posted 12/11/2001)

PDF Article: "How to Have a Terrible Marriage," The Times Record, Brunswick, ME, March 25, 1988, by Earl Creps.

• Abstract: Having spent hundreds of hours working with couples, I've seen enough terrible marriages to test my faith in the institution. But marriage is good because God made it. The problem is that men and women do their marriages so poorly that the relationship sometimes never has a chance. This article supplies some preventive medicine (and hopefully some therapy too) by looking at marriage issues in reverse. The premise is simple: if we understand how marriages become terrible, we can avoid those dynamics and have a good one instead.

PDF Article: "It's Just a Piece of Paper: Look at the three myths—and the truth—about living together," Pentecostal Evangel, August 9, 1992, by Earl Creps.

• Abstract: Millions of people are cohabiting in the United States. They are motivated by a combination of fear, misunderstanding of marriage, and a genuine desire to develop the healthiest relationship possible. Living together seems like the best option to many, a way of testing a relationship before making the ultimate commitment. If only this were true. A marriage license is more than a piece of paper, and marriage is more than legalized cohabitation. This article makes the case for marriage based on experience, research, and Biblical teaching. Living together is simply an inferior relationship.

• PDF Article: "Ministry to the Nouveau Family" . This article was published in Enrichment, Spring 2000. Used with Permission, by Earl Creps.

• Weblink Article: "My House—God's House: Family Days at Church" (with Lon Flippo), by Earl Creps.

Updated: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:22 AM