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Pre-marital Counseling: Getting to the Heart of Marriage

Posted on November 17, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

Have you ever overheard a conversation between a wedding coordinator and the pastor? I had one that went like this: Wedding Coordinator: “Have you met the bride yet? She is a real Bridezilla. Her first question was about the carpet. She wanted to know if we were going to have it changed before her wedding….

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When Relationships Harm: How the Church Can Help

Posted on October 2, 2015January 22, 2021 by SEO

Intimate partner violence (also called “domestic violence” or “relationship violence”) is a subject about which many of us in the church know very little. Even if we do know something about it, we often feel uncomfortable discussing it. That may be because we believe that it doesn’t happen to people we know. Unfortunately, that simply…

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