More than half of all couples who become engaged this year will never make it to the altar. Why?

Experts believe it's because couples fail to really get to know their potential mate before getting engaged.

101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged steers potential brides and grooms through a series of soul-searching questions to discern if they've really met "the One."

(Paperback / Kindle / Audible)

Lee Strobel was an atheist when his wife, Leslie, became a Christian early in their marriage. She began going to church; she found new friends; she became a different person. The problem was that Lee didn’t believe in any of it and thought Leslie had gone completely out of her mind.

"Ironically, it was faith in Jesus Christ- which most couples credit for contributing to the strength of their marriage - that very nearly destroyed our relationship and split us apart forever.”

Despite all the emotional clashes they experienced, God answered Leslie’s prayers in miraculous ways. He gave her peace when she was feeling worried, gave her friends to walk with her, and gave her His Holy Spirit to comfort and guide her. Over time, she learned to live out her faith and be an example of Christ’s love to Lee.

Today, they’re both Christians and Lee’s conversion story is now a major movie, The Case for Christ.

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Christian counselor H. Norman Wright draws from his extensive experience to help couples establish strong, loving marriages. Whether divorced or widowed, people who marry again face unique challenges.

Through 101 questions, Norm helps readers know their own views and understand where they agree and disagree with their future mates on finances, roles, sexuality, children, responsibilities, and previous relationship issues.

(Paperback / Kindle)

Most marital conflicts are boundary conflicts where one person crosses the lines of responsibility and respect. When couples learn to embrace personal responsibility and to respect each other’s freedom, love is allowed to thrive.

Whether you're happy in your marriage and want to keep growing, or if you're struggling with increasing disconnection, Boundaries in Marriage will give you the tools you need to:

- set and maintain personal boundaries while respecting those of your partner.

- understand and practice two key ingredients to a successful marriage: freedom and responsibility.

- establish values that form a godly structure and architecture for your marriage.

- protect your marriage from"intruders."

- work with a spouse who is resistant to boundaries.

(Paperback / Study Guide / Audible / Kindle)

One man and one woman, committing their lives to each other, until death separates them. This is the traditional pattern for marriage. The biblical model.

More and more, a design that seems countercultural—and never more than now, a design the world needs to recapture.

In Restoring Marriage ,John MacArthur looks in detail at this sacred institution, showing you:

- reasons to marry

- reasons to remain single

- how a God-honoring marriage models what it means to follow Christ

- the role of submission in marriage

- how to win an unbelieving spouse to Christ

- what Scripture says about divorce

A useful series whether you’re preparing for marriage, a newlywed, or are long time married.

(see website or Grace for You app)