The Healthy Marriage Handbook

Book excerpt: The Healthy Marriage Handbook answers more than 200 confidential, personal questions on every aspect of the marriage relationship. It's almost like having a wise, trusted friend come alongside—-ready at a moment's notice to help couples clear the inevitable hurdles they encounter on the road to marital happiness. The advice is time-tested, offered with compassion and understanding, and—most importantly—based on solid biblical counsel. The book deals with questions in seven broad areas: communication, conflict, sex, intimacy, spiritual oneness, parenting, and money management. Contributors include David and Claudia Arp, Ron Blue, Jerry Bridges, Jim and Sally Conway, Delores Curran, Diana and David Garland, R. Kent Hughes, Bill Hybels, Melissa and Louis McBurney, Les Parrott, Clifford and Joyce Penner, Lewis Smedes, Charles Swindoll, John Trent, Ed Wheat, H. Norman Wright, and Philip Yancey.