Jennifer Thomas is a bestselling author, speaker, apology critic, and psychologist who helps people know what to say in every situation. She has served hundreds of individuals and couples in her counseling and consulting roles. For more than a decade, Jennifer’s books, speaking engagements, and resources have helped people. Get out of the “dog house” and restore valuable relationships. Bring heated arguments to a screeching halt. Break through ba...
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...ary Thomas A Lifelong Love for Singles A Lifelong Love for Married Couples Gary Thomas believes couples often settle for too little when it comes to marriage. We fail to understand how deeply God cares about our spouse. We diminish our need to not only understand what biblical love really is, but also to become a people who excel at it. We let ourselves drift apart instead of making the daily choices to grow closer together. Whether your marriage...
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...Dr. Gary Chapman talks about the new book he co-authored with Jennifer Thomas “The 5 Apology Languages: The Secret to Healthy Relationships“. He shares the 5 most common apologies: I’m sorry, I was wrong, how can I make it right, can you help me make a plan for change; and can you find it in your heart to…...
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...cently on Middays with Susie Larson, I spoke with bestselling author, Gary Thomas about his book, “When to Walk Away: Find Freedom from Toxic People.” Gary did say that we often use the word, “toxic” too broadly. Difficult people aren’t necessarily toxic people. They require love and patience and that very process brings redemption to both the giver and the receiver. Toxic people, on the other hand, are poisonous. They’re destructive....
Type: Article Categories: Relationships, Uncategorized
...take a marriage that’s at its end and see spiritual richness.” Gary and Susie explore • The purpose of marriage. • How to pray for your spouse with reverence. Gary points out that when we pray, we’re not just speaking to our Father, but our Father-in-law. “I’ve learned to pray for my wife with great reverence – I’m talking to her Father.” • How to make the last things the first things. Gary describes...
Type: Article Categories: Marriage + Family, Your Life
...much I cherish them, so that they don’t only think with fresh eyes about the weaknesses, but that I also remember the strengths.” As godly wives, we can make a few minor adjustments in our hearts and minds to bring our marriages into a deeper level of intimacy and influence. Gary Thomas, bestselling author of Sacred Marriage, is a writer in residence and a member of the teaching team at Second Baptist Church, Houston, Texas. His books have s...
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...#8211; Lee Strobel In our second half of this edition of Connecting Faith, Gary Thomas tackles some wisdom for singles on pursuing marriage. Sometimes we create a false ideal of someone we’re interested in – a person that in reality doesn’t exist. We glorify people if we want to be in a relationship with them. Often, we then find ourselves saying something akin to – “Well he’s / she’s not who I thought he...
Type: Article Categories: Spiritual Growth, Your Faith
...es: Off the top, Jo explains how her perspective on marriage was shaped by Gary’s observation that: Marriage wasn’t designed to make you happy. It’s designed to make you holy. It’s a profound notion, and certainly not what you would pick up from the culture at large! To grow closer together, we need to learn patience and kindness. Sometimes the learning can hurt. Gary calls us to look at some of those times in the same we v...
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...him in the path of spirituality we lean towards, we celebrate his creativity in creation and often become on fire with excitement. “The reality is when we really connect with God we get so excited about it, we want everybody to do it.” Excitement is welcome, but Gary warns about using our own spiritual bent as a platform for us to judge how other people commune with God. Gary and Susie also discuss the role of introversion and extrove...
Type: Article Categories: Spiritual Growth, Your Faith
Gary Thomas offers tips and stories about physical choices in his book, Every body matters: Strengthening your body to strengthen you soul. Gary explains that key for us to understand is the proper motivation behind intentionally caring for our physical health. “Taking care of my body isn’t a matter of wanting to look good or wanting to feel well, it really a matter of being a steward of a gift that has been entrusted to me by God....
Type: Article Categories: Health + Wellness, Your Life
Truth For Life teaches the Bible with clarity and relevance so that unbelievers will be converted, believers will be established, and local churches strengthened. Led by Alistair Begg and overseen by an independent, volunteer board of trustees, Truth For Life is a Bible-teaching ministry seeking to faithfully proclaim…
Truth For Life teaches the Bible with clarity and relevance so that unbelievers will be converted, believers will be established, and local churches strengthened. Led by Alistair Begg and overseen by an independent, volunteer board of trustees, Truth For Life is a Bible-teaching ministry seeking to faithfully proclaim…
Truth For Life teaches the Bible with clarity and relevance so that unbelievers will be converted, believers will be established, and local churches strengthened. Led by Alistair Begg and overseen by an independent, volunteer board of trustees, Truth For Life is a Bible-teaching ministry seeking to faithfully proclaim…
