Relationships

There are so many reasons to say yes to premarital sex-everyone around you seems to be doing it and you are physically ready! Are there good reasons to say "no," and is there any good way to stick with your "no"? Dan Wilson, a seasoned guide, gives young men and women an easy-to-understand primer on why they should say "no" to premarital sex and then walks them through key steps to make sure that their "no" sticks....

Another conversation ends in frustration or even anger. You want to communicate well and to grow deeper in your relationships, but either you can't seem to find the words or always seem to come up with the wrong ones. How can you develop greater intimacy if you can't seem to have a productive conversation? Far more than simply offering techniques for learning to communicate effectively, Rob Green offers wisdom for...

You feel betrayed. Someone close to you has hurt you deeply. You want to move past the pain and your obsession with what happened, but how? The usual strategies-trying to get even, trying to forget-just aren't working for you. Perhaps it's time for a different approach. Jack Miller unpacks the different ways that people respond to betrayal and rejection and offers a new way to respond-forgiveness rooted in the...

Forgiving someone who has hurt you is one of the most difficult tasks anyone ever faces. In fact, it is so hard that most people avoid it at all costs. But when we don't forgive, we pay the price of bitterness that affects all of our relationships. Is it possible to forgive a great wrong and treat others with compassion despite the way they have treated us? Timothy S. Lane, drawing on his personal, pastoral, and...

Prickly, defensive, nasty, volatile, withdrawn, miserable...aren't there days when you feel surrounded by difficult people? How do you cope? You can try avoiding them, gossiping about them, or giving them a piece of your mind. But wait! Don't your reactions make you hard to love too? William Smith explains that learning how to deal with difficult people starts with understanding that God's pursuing love is not just...