Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.

We Americans are living a lifestyle of exhaustion. We don't have time for ourselves, much less for each other and our children.

The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

What is the biggest obstacle facing the family right now? It is over-commitment; time pressure. There is nothing that will destroy family life more insidiously than hectic schedules and busy lives, where spouses are too exhausted to communicate, too worn out to have sex, too fatigued to talk to the kids. That frantic lifestyle is just as destructive as one involving outbroken sin. If Satan can't make you sin, he'll make you busy, and that's just about the same thing.

Behavior runs in deep channels that were cut during early childhood, and it is very difficult to alter them. In order to change a deeply ingrained pattern, you have to build a sturdy dam, dig another canal and reroute the river in the new direction. That effort is rarely successful over the long haul.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.