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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. Learning to Trust
It's sad to see, but broken homes and torn families are producing a generation that doesn't know how to trust. If a Man be in Christ...
Series Title: A Life Transformed (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Wayne Huizenga, Jr.
In Christ you are a new creation. Many years have passed since Wayne Huizenga, Jr. committed his life to Christ. Wayne talks to Dennis Rainey about how his life, as well as his family's, has changed since Christ became His Lord and Savior. In Search of Real Faith
Series Title: A Life Transformed (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Wayne Huizenga, Jr.
Do you ever feel like something is missing from your life? Wayne Huizenga, Jr. and his wife, Fonda, had all the world could offer financially, but spiritually, they were bankrupt. Today Wayne, whose investments include the Miami Dolphins and Dolphin Stadium, tells Dennis Rainey about his ride on a nuclear submarine which took him from South Carolina to Florida, and eventually, to a relationship with God. Life and Love in the Fast Lane
Series Title: A Life Transformed (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Wayne Huizenga, Jr.
Do you still feel empty, despite your personal and corporate success? Wayne Huizenga, Jr., owner of the Miami Dolphins, looks back on his life and recalls the emptiness of living in the fast lane without Christ. Celebrating the Real Beauty of Forgiveness
Series Title: The Red Feather (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Tom Elliff
The red Christmas feather became a symbol of God's extravagant love and forgiveness when Tom placed a new red feather on the tree after his mother's death. Hear Tom recount his mother's parting lesson on forgiveness she left with her family. A Broken Feather; Broken Promises
Series Title: The Red Feather (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Tom Elliff
Tom was tempted to retire the red Christmas feather when his father left his mother in 1981. After his parents divorced, his bitterness tempted him to retire the red feather the following Christmas, but the old feather remained, standing watch on the tree as in happier times. Reversing the Curse of Divorce
Series Title: How to Break the Cycle of Divorce (Day 2 of 2)
Guests Include: John Trent
On the broadcast today, John Trent, author of the book Breaking the Cycle of Divorce, gives some sound advice to couples coming out of a divorce background. As he tells Dennis Rainey, history does matter, and it's important to understand your own history before forging ahead to holy matrimony. Living Under the Curse of Divorce
Series Title: How to Break the Cycle of Divorce (Day 1 of 2)
Guests Include: John Trent
Today on the broadcast, Christian counselor John Trent revisits his past to understand the generational curse that often falls on children of divorce. John, now married for over 25 years, tells Dennis Rainey how he broke the curse and is modeling a loving, lasting marriage to his own children. Approaching Marriage
Series Title: Adult Children of Divorce: Healing the Pain That Lives On (Day 5 of 5)
Guests Include: Jen Abbas, Elizabeth Marquardt
Divorce has a dramatic impact on the lives of children. But how does it affect a person's approach to marriage as an adult? Today on the broadcast, Dennis Rainey talks with Jen Abbas, author of Generation Ex, and researcher Elizabeth Marquardt, both adult children of divorce, about how how their parents' divorce affected their thoughts about marriage and family. Forgiving Our Parents
Series Title: Adult Children of Divorce: Healing the Pain That Lives On (Day 4 of 5)
Guests Include: Jen Abbas, Elizabeth Marquardt
Today on the broadcast, Jen Abbas, author of the book Generation Ex, and Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, talk about forgiving their parents for the divorces that catapulted them as children into a strange new world often difficult to navigate or understand. The Sleeper Effect of Divorce
Series Title: Adult Children of Divorce: Healing the Pain That Lives On (Day 3 of 5)
Guests Include: Jen Abbas, Elizabeth Marquardt
On today's broadcast, divorce survivors Elizabeth Marquardt and Jen Abbas tell Dennis Rainey how their parents' divorce nearly 20 years earlier has affected them throughout their lives and continues to affect them today. The Emotional Hurdles of Living Through a Divorce
Series Title: Adult Children of Divorce: Healing the Pain That Lives On (Day 2 of 5)
Guests Include: Jen Abbas, Elizabeth Marquardt
Divorce not only dramatically affects the couple involved, but also their children. That's according to authors Elizabeth Marquardt and Jen Abbas, both adult children of divorce. Today on the broadcast, Elizabeth and Jen talk about the reality of divorce emotionally for children with FamilyLife President, Dennis Rainey. Surviving the Aftermath of Divorce
Series Title: Adult Children of Divorce: Healing the Pain That Lives On (Day 1 of 5)
Guests Include: Jen Abbas, Elizabeth Marquardt
On the broadcast today, Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values, and Jen Abbas, author of the book Generation Ex, tell Dennis Rainey about their experience growing up without both a mother and a father in the home. The Worst of Both Worlds
Series Title: Six String Rocketeer (Day 3 of 3)
Guests Include: Bill and Jesse Butterworth
On today's broadcast, well-known author Bill Butterworth joins his son, award-winning singer and songwriter Jesse Butterworth, to talk about life many years after Bill's divorce that rocked both their worlds. The After Shock of Divorce
Series Title: Six String Rocketeer (Day 2 of 3)
Guests Include: Bill and Jesse Butterworth
Today on the broadcast, father and son team, Bill and Jesse Butterworth, tell Dennis Rainey how they felt as they struggled to get back on their feet emotionally and spiritually after Bill's sudden divorce from Jessie's mother. The Beginning of the End
Series Title: Six String Rocketeer (Day 1 of 3)
Guests Include: Bill and Jesse Butterworth
On today's broadcast, award-winning communicator Bill Butterworth and his son, Jesse, talk to Dennis Rainey about the divorce that changed both of their lives forever.