A Blessed Year (A Word from Mike)
2015 was a blessed year at No Greater Joy Ministries. US subscriptions to our magazine continue to increase, presently reaching about 42,000 homes.
Marriage Good Will
Dr. John Gottman’s findings are amazingly consistent with biblical truth. We have said before that a good marriage is one that is filled with good will.
Should the Relationship Move Forward?
Sometimes there were lost guys who would come around to “hang out,” but if they didn’t want to know the Lord, they soon quit coming. And our daughters never hung out with unsaved guys.
Tommy’s Story
Train your children to yell and tell. Let them know at least once a week that you will believe them and that you are there to protect them. Your children’s best defense is knowledge. As the Yell and Tell books say, those prepared are usually spared.
The Church Does Not Replace Israel
Israel and the church are separate entities. One of God’s promises is to bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel.
No More Bondage to FEAR
Don’t buy the line that brokenness or weakness is inherited personality. It is all in the kind of example you lay down and how you respond to them.
The Net
In our present culture, by the time most children are sixteen years old, they have left a well-documented profile on the World Wide Web. Advertisers say, “We know more about you than you know about yourself.”
Watching Prophecy Being Fulfilled
Conditions are rapidly aligning with Ezekiel’s 2,700-year-old prophecy. Fulfillment seems imminent. Our redemption draws nearer with every newscast.
Excerpt from The Bible on Divorce and Remarriage
(from page 12) Holy Matrimony versus State Marriage – Until we have a clear understanding of what constitutes marriage, we cannot understand the nature of divorce. Most people have accepted the legal (state) definition of marriage and are unaware of the biblical doctrine. The concept of obtaining a marriage license from the state is an invention of modern times.
Study Guide for The Bible on Divorce and Remarriage
This study guide is a work in progress. Anyone who has further notes to add to the study, please send them to us so others can benefit from your study.
What God Hath Joined Together…
What God hath joined together, let no man—or Supreme Court—put asunder. God will never join together two people of the same sex. They can call it marriage, but there is no holy matrimony for same-sex partners.
The Rod and Reproof
The progressive secularists intimidate parents with assertions that spanking children causes them to use violence to solve problems. It is stated so many times and with such conviction that parents who should know better have suffered an erosion of their confidence.
More Than Controlling Their Behavior
As parents, we want to control the behavior of our children, but there is a danger of becoming content with outward obedience while failing to reach their hearts. We must, by various means, constrain our children to obey, but it should always be with an eye toward conditioning them to desire the joy of wholesome obedience and conformity to the rules that govern family and community.
Prophecy, Preparation, and Panic
In the last five years or so there has been a revival of interest in Bible prophecy. Even the economists are getting in on the apocalyptic predictions.
Divorce and Remarriage
Historically, Christians have been divided on this issue. This couple will be happy to learn I have a new book coming out, The Bible on Divorce and Remarriage.
