Stand Up for Commitment
You could be used to help keep a troubled marriage together.
Love Renewed After Shattered Dreams
Series Title:Love Renewed After Shattered Dreams (Day 1 of 1)
Guests Include: David Bentall
David Bentall, founder of Next Step Advisors, talks openly with Dennis Rainey about the marital problems he and his wife, Alison, faced during the first 22 years of their marriage as he focused all of his energy into his career.
Making Movies That Glorify Christ
Series Title: No Greater Love (Day 2 of 2)
Guests Include: Russ Rice, Brad Silverman, Anthony Tyler Quinn
Sometimes life gives you a second chance. That's the theme of the new release, No Greater Love, a Christian romantic drama about a couple, Jeff and Heather, whose marriage falls apart. Ten years down the road, however, Jeff and Heather cross paths again, and are torn by the decisions they must make. Joining Dennis Rainey in the studio is the executive producer of No Greater Love, Russ Rice, along with the writer/director, Brad Silverman, and lead actor, Anthony Tyler Quinn.
First Love, Second Chance
Series Title: No Greater Love (Day 1 of 2)
Guests Include: Russ Rice, Brad Silverman, Anthony Tyler Quinn
Sometimes life gives you a second chance to make things right. Dennis Rainey welcomes Russ Rice, executive producer of the new release, No Greater Love. The movie, a Christian romantic drama, is about a couple whose marriage is torn apart by workaholism and depression. Joining Russ in the studio is writer/director, Brad Silverman, and lead actor of the movie, Anthony Tyler Quinn.
The End of the Rope, The Beginning of Hope
Series Title: Love Renewed: Clint and Penny Bragg (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Clint and Penny Bragg
The reconciliation of Clint and Penny Bragg's marriage 11 years after their divorce and a 3,000-mile separation seemed next to impossible to those who knew them. But God loves the impossible. Hear Clint and Penny talk about God's miraculous intervention in their life and marriage.
Shattered Dreams
Series Title: Love Renewed: Clint and Penny Bragg (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Clint and Penny Bragg
How can something that seemed so right at first go downhill so fast? That's what Clint Bragg was wondering when his marriage to Penny ended after less than two years. Tempted by an affair, Penny thought it best to leave Clint and her old life behind, but could she leave her faith? Hear Clint and Penny tell more of their story.
A Marriage in Crisis
Series Title: Love Renewed: Clint and Penny Bragg (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Clint and Penny Bragg
Most marriages aren't lived out on a romantic balcony, and neither was Clint and Penny Bragg's. After what seemed like an ideal courtship and blissfully happy first year, cracks began to form in their marital foundation. Penny began pulling away and communicating less, and an emotional affair with someone else soon followed. Hear more of their story this week.
Never Too Late
Is there a point where a bad marriage is beyond help?
Love Renewed: Bob and Valerie Dovey
Series Title: Love Renewed: Bob and Valerie Dovey (Day 1 of 1)
Guests Include: Bob and Valerie Dovey
Florida residents Bob and Valerie Dovey share how Christ changed their focus--and their lives, after attending a FamilyLife Marriage Conference.
Love Renewed: Paul and Tina Meek
Series Title: Love Renewed: Paul and Tina Meek (Day 1 of 1)
Guests Include: Paul and Tina Meek
"My marriage was the closest thing to hell on earth." Homemaker Tina Meek describes what life was like before she and her husband, Paul, gave their marriage to the Lord and attended a FamilyLife Marriage Conference.
Redeeming Love: The Promise of a Changed Life
Series Title: Love Renewed: Matt and Megan Magill (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Matt and Megan Magill
Sometimes God has to empty you before He can fill you up with Himself. Matt and Megan Magill remember their early years of marriage when Matt's addiction to drugs and porn threatened to tear their marriage apart. Matt tells how he began to see that the remedy for his problems was found in Jesus Christ and that the musical talent that he had used to garner praise for himself was really meant to be used for God.
The Light Breaks Through
Series Title: Love Renewed: Matt and Megan Magill (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Matt and Megan Magill
All that glitters isn't always gold. Matt and Megan Magill talk about chasing their dreams of stardom to New York City, only to find their marriage in shambles just as Megan's career as an actress was taking off. Matt recalls how he hit rock bottom when he was jailed for buying drugs on a city street.
Love in the Spotlight
Series Title: Love Renewed: Matt and Megan Magill (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Matt and Megan Magill
Who's controlling your life--you or Christ? Matt and Megan Magill recall how they fell in love doing summer stock in college, and how they let their own egos and desires drive their relationship, and each other, almost into the ground.
Reconciled to Love
Series Title: I Do Again (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs
Can love be rekindled after the initial flame has gone out? Cheryl Scruggs and her husband, Jeff, tell how God began to draw them to Himself after their divorce, renewing their love for one another and leading them to forgiveness. Hear Jeff and Cheryl talk about their remarriage, seven years after their divorce.
Divorce Granted
Series Title: I Do Again (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs
Divorce often offers more problems than solutions. When Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs said "I do" they thought it would be forever. But just a few short years after saying their vows, Cheryl was serving Jeff with divorce papers, leaving them both wondering what happened to their good life. Jeff and Cheryl talk about life after their divorce.
A Marriage Adrift
Series Title: I Do Again (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs
Has your love for your spouse cooled a bit? Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs talk about their whirl-wind courtship and the California high life they lived in their early years of marriage. But as each anniversary passed by, Cheryl tells how she became aware of a lingering emptiness, which she assumed indicated her marriage had hit the rocks. Hear to what lengths Cheryl went to fill her emptiness, and how those choices became the beginning of the end of her and Jeff's marriage.
How do I Rebuild Trust?
Series Title: Torn Asunder (Day 5 of 5)
Guests Include: Dave Carder
Trust, once broken, isn't easily mended. Pastor Dave Carder, author of Torn Asunder, talks about rebuilding trust after an adulterous affair.
How do I Come Clean?
Series Title: Torn Asunder (Day 4 of 5)
Guests Include: Dave Carder
You've had an affair. Now what? Dave Carder, author of Torn Asunder and pastor at Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, CA, gives advice on coming clean after an affair. Don't miss it.
Where do Affairs Start?
Series Title: Torn Asunder (Day 3 of 5)
Guests Include: Dave Carder
A wink, a listening ear, a coy smile. Is this just flirting or the start of something much more dangerous, like a marital affair? Dave Carder, author of the book Torn Asunder, tells how an innocent act or gesture can wind up, over time, turning into infidelity.
What Causes Affairs?
Series Title: Torn Asunder (Day 2 of 5)
Guests Include: Dave Carder
Why do affairs happen in the first place? Dave Carder, points to the root cause of a marital affair.
Why do Affairs Happen?
Series Title: Torn Asunder (Day 1 of 5)
Guests Include: Dave Carder
Marital affairs are breaking up marriages in record numbers. All this week on the broadcast, Dave Carder, a pastor and author of the book Torn Asunder, will tell you how to affair-proof your marriage.
Heading Toward Victory
Series Title: Pat Summerall: On and Off the Air (Day 2 of 2)
Guests Include: Pat Summerall
Fame doesn't always bring the joy that it promises. Pat Summerall, a former mainstay of the CBS Sports broadcasting team and author of the book Summerall: On and Off the Air, talks about his long-time alcohol abuse and the intervention that saved his life.
From Family to Football to Fame
Series Title: Pat Summerall: On and Off the Air (Day 1 of 2)
Guests Include: Pat Summerall
From rags to riches. Legendary sports announcer Pat Summerall tells Dennis Rainey about his humble beginnings and his fast rise to fame.
The Early Years: Love, Life, and Marriage
Series Title: Taming the Bull (Day 1 of 2)
Guests Include: John and Nancy Bramlett
NFL star John Bramlett learned to be tough early in life. After a girl named Nancy caught his eye, the two were married. Listen as the couple talks about the ups and downs they experienced as they tried to balance a budding NFL career and family life.
Love Restored
Series Title: Love Renewed: Rob and Laurie Kopf (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Rob and Laurie Kopf
Rob Kopf was contemplating divorce as he listened to the speakers at the FamilyLife Marriage Conference, but Laurie still had hope for their marriage. Today Rob and Laurie talk about the miracle that God did in their marriage once they recommitted their lives to Him and to one another.
Love Turns to Hate
Series Title: Love Renewed: Rob and Laurie Kopf (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Rob and Laurie Kopf
Rob and Laurie had been apart for six years, and now that they were together again life would be blissful. Or would it? Today Rob and Laurie Kopf talk about their early years of marriage and the alcoholism that threatened to end their love story before it even started.
Teenage Rebellion, Teenage Love
Series Title: Love Renewed: Rob and Laurie Kopf (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Rob and Laurie Kopf
At 18, Rob Kopf thought he knew what he wanted: 17-year-old Laurie. Eager to leave their Sunday school upbringing behind, Rob and Laurie's tumultuous courtship and eventual breakup ultimately led to other destructive choices.
A Marriage Restored
Series Title: Finding New Life and Love in Christ (Day 4 of 4)
Guests Include: Bill and Vicki Rose
Vicki and Bill experienced restoration in their marriage after they came to Christ. Although still very different in personality, they agree that the storms they've faced since turning their hearts to the Lord-and back to each other-has only made them stronger.
An Invitation to Hope: Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places
Series Title: Finding New Life and Love in Christ (Day 3 of 4)
Guests Include: Bill and Vicki Rose
Once Vicki became a Christian, she began to pray that her husband would, too. Bill shares what eventually led him to give his heart to Christ and finally return home to the family he loved.
Strike One, Strike Two, Strike Three ... You're Out!
Series Title: Finding New Life and Love in Christ (Day 2 of 4)
Guests Include: Bill and Vicki Rose
Drug abuse, anger, and disappointment drove Vicki and Bill's marriage apart. Although Vicki had quit using cocaine, her husband continued to abuse, sending her into spirals of disappointment and anger, and eventually leading to a separation between them. Today Vicki, accompanied by her husband, tells how she came to faith in Christ and began to see a glimmer of hope in her life.
The Rose Romance Begins
Series Title: Finding New Life and Love in Christ (Day 1 of 4)
Guests Include: Bill and Vicki Rose
Vicki and Bill were vastly different, but Vicki hoped marriage would change that. Today, Bill and Vicki Rose reflect back on the days of their courtship and the marital trouble, including drug abuse, that began as soon as the rings were on their fingers.
Save the Family Tree!
An ax is being aimed at the Family Tree. It's the ax of divorce.
Facing Crisis Together
Series Title: Wild Men, Wild Alaska (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Rocky and Sharon McElveen
Sharon's father lay dying in a California hospital when she got the call that her husband had been in a terrible boating accident. Could she lose them both in the same day? Rocky and Sharon McElveen, owners of Alaskan Adventures, talk about the tragic death of Sharon's father and the period of isolation it caused in their marriage as Sharon left Alaska for a time to be with her parents. Find out what they did to thaw the growing coldness between them.
Don't Give Up
Would it surprise you to know that there are marriages all over the country on the brink of divorce?
Fireproofing Your Marriage
Guests Include: Alex and Stephen Kendrick, Kirk Cameron
Today on the broadcast, hear from brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the director and writer of the film Fireproof, a realistic drama about a fire fighter in the throes of a divorce. Hear why the Kendricks, who also created Facing the Giants, feel it's absolutely necessary for believers to be involved in filmmaking and why they choose covenant marriage to be the theme of this latest production, which will be appearing in theatres in the Fall of 2008. Also joining them is actor Kirk Cameron, who plays the role of Lt. Caleb Holt in the movie.
Homebuilders Heroes
Series Title: HomeBuilders Heroes (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Mike and Mary Murray
Mike and Mary began dating when Mike was only 17 and Mary was 14. They ended their four-year courtship with a storybook wedding and began fulfilling the American dream soon after. Yet even with a home of their own, two cars, a collie, and a baby boy and girl, they still weren't satisfied. Mike had an affair, and their marriage seemed to be all but dead. On today's broadcast, hear how God used HomeBuilders to save, restore and resurrect their marriage.
Homebuilders Heroes
Series Title: HomeBuilders Heroes (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Ken and Irma Morris
Today on the broadcast, hear the story of Ken and Irma Morris. After living together, Ken and Irma decided to get married, but marriage, they found out, was not providing them the joy and peace they both longed for. After separating for a time, Ken and Irma decided to go to the Familylife Marriage Conference. It was there that they learned the communication skills they needed, and forgiveness began to replace the anger and bitterness they had for one another. The Morrises have been facilitators of HomeBuilders groups in their area and continue to have an impact on couples around them.
My One and Only Love
Series Title: Something About Us (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Michael & Heidi O'Brien
Anger wears many disguises. On today's broadcast, Christian recording artist Michael O'Brien, the former lead singer of NewSong, and his wife, Heidi, talk about the issues that once threatened to overtake their marriage. Tune in to find out how they found healing and renewed happiness in their 15-year marriage and how their restoration is bringing new inspiration to his music.
Walking in the Dark
Series Title: Something About Us (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Michael & Heidi O'Brien
Today on the broadcast, Christian recording artist Michael O'Brien and his wife, Heidi, talk openly with Dennis Rainey about the problems that challenged and often hurt their marriage. Hear what finally began to turn their marriage around.
November's Kiss
Series Title: Something About Us (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Michael & Heidi O'Brien
Love can have its ups and downs. That's what Christian singer and songwriter, Michael O'Brien, and his wife, Heidi, found out after they got married just a few short months after they met. Today on the broadcast, hear more about their courtship and the challenges they faced after getting married.
The Gentle War (on Divorce)
Guests Include: Bob Lepine, Steve Grissom, Tim Lane
The effects of divorce are devastating. On the broadcast this weekend, find hope and help for your hurting marriage by listening to DivorceCare founder Steve Grissom, Bob Lepine, author of The Christian Husband and co-host of "FamilyLife Today," and biblical counselor Tim Lane.
Fresh Courage
Divorce is killing us.
Love Renewed: Tom and Brenda Preston
Series Title: Love Renewed: Tom and Brenda Preston (Day 2 of 2)
Guests Include: Tom and Brenda Preston
Today on the broadcast, FamilyLife speakers Tom and Brenda Preston share how God changed their marriage after they committed their lives to Him.
Love Renewed: Tom and Brenda Preston
Series Title: Love Renewed: Tom and Brenda Preston (Day 1 of 2)
Guests Include: Tom and Brenda Preston
On today's broadcast, Tom Preston, national director for the Executive Ministries of Campus Crusade, and his wife, Brenda, talk openly about their once troubled marriage and the miracle of God's intervention.
The Cost of Divorce on Children
Series Title: Before You Divorce (Day 5 of 5)
Guests Include: Steve Grissom
Children are often the silent victims during a divorce. On the broadcast today, DivorceCare founder Steve Grissom talks with Dennis Rainey about the effects divorce has on children.
The Emotional Cost of Divorce
Series Title: Before You Divorce (Day 4 of 5)
Guests Include: Steve Grissom
According to DivorceCare founder Steve Grissom, "You can't heal from divorce without Christ in your life."" Divorced now for over 15 years, Steve talks about the emotional and physical effects divorce has on a person's life.
The Financial Cost of Divorce
Series Title: Before You Divorce (Day 3 of 5)
Guests Include: Steve Grissom
Divorce can deal some serious blows to a person emotionally, mentally, and economically. Today on the broadcast, Steve Grissom, founder of DivorceCare, a ministry designed to help those recovering from divorce or separation, shares what he knows firsthand about the financial and legal aspects of divorce.
The Legal Cost of Divorce
Series Title: Before You Divorce (Day 2 of 5)
Guests Include: Steve Grissom
Divorce can deal some serious blows to a person emotionally, mentally, and economically. Today on the broadcast, Steve Grissom, founder of DivorceCare, a ministry designed to help those recovering from divorce or separation, shares what he knows firsthand about the financial and legal aspects of divorce.
Growing Affair-Proof Hedges
Series Title: Avoiding the Greener Grass Syndrome (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Ron and Nancy Anderson
If you want to know if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, just ask someone who's been there. Today on the broadcast, Dennis Rainey talks with Nancy Anderson, author of the book Avoiding the Greener Grass Syndrome. Having had an affair just a few years into her marriage, Nancy can attest to the heartache and destruction marital infidelity causes and pleads with others to improve the marriage they already have instead of chasing after a fictional one that's guaranteed to deliver unhappiness. Joining Nancy today is her long-time husband, Ron.
The Healing Balm of Confession
Series Title: Avoiding the Greener Grass Syndrome (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Ron and Nancy Anderson
On today's broadcast, Nancy Anderson, author of Avoiding the Greener Grass Syndrome, tells Dennis Rainey how God began to heal her marriage after she confessed her infidelity to God, her parents, and her spouse. Joining her on the program is her husband of 27 years, Ron.
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