Biblical Foundation Series
Marriage Works: Enriching Your Marriage, Encouraging Others
3-Pack VHS Video Set of Unit Three: Challenging Issues
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"Marriage Works is a program of study designed for those desiring to know more about helping themselves and others develop healthy and godly marriages. With a national divorce rate that continues to hover around 50%, both within and outside the "church", a program such as this is direly needed in today's society. This course is taught by some of the leading experts in the field of marriage and family counseling." -- Light University
Marriage Works
Unit Three: Challenging Issues
Course Descriptions
MACO 301 Marital Drift: Recognizing It and Returning to the Mainstream
Taught by Don Harvey
Drift and disaffection is universal in marriage. The bloom of courtship, the honeymoon passion inevitably fades as marriage is affected by the reality of living in today’s time-starved world. The issue is not how to avoid disaffection—that is impossible, a Hollywood fantasy—but how to avoid being stuck in and derailed by it. Professor and therapist Don Harvey shows us how to recognize marital drift, accept it for what it is, and move beyond it to growth, maturity, and joy in marital living.
MACO 302 Depression in Marriage: Climbing Out of the Black Hole
Taught by Michael Lyles
The incidence of depression is widespread and growing in the Western world—a calamity that also assaults marriage in major ways. Christian psychiatrist Michael Lyles takes us on a tour of the world of depression and its impact on marriage. He gives us sure direction on how depression is effectively treated, and what couples must do to battle this insidious struggle personally and maritally.
MACO 303 An Angry Spirit: Seeing Red in Marriage
Taught by Gary Oliver
Anger is not condemned by God, but He does condemn its rule over our lives and marriages.Psychologist, theologian, teacher, and noted author Gary Oliver reveals the impact of an angry spirit and its corrosive effect on ourselves and our marriages. He gives sure direction for the godly control and expression of anger—teaching us how to rule it rather than the other way around.
MACO 304 Past Hurts and Marital Satisfaction
Taught by Sandy Wilson
Most Christian and professional counselors will attest that at the root of many emotional disorders in adults lies a history of traumatizing and unresolved wounds from the past. Whether they be the better-known wounds of abuse, or lesser known wounds of neglect, disaster, trauma, or parental divorce, past hurts hurt adults and their marriages. Acclaimed counselor, author, and speaker Dr. Sandy Wilson reveals this connection, how to sever and heal it, and how to risk growing up into beautiful lives.
MACO 305 Marital Secrets and Values Conflicts between Couples
Taught by Tim Clinton & George Ohlschlager
Counselors can become as bound up as couples who bring in their "lose-lose" secrets and values conflicts for resolution. It is tough to decide what to do and how to live with someone hiding something or who is simply a different person. Tim Clinton and his AACC colleague, George Ohlschlager, guide us to effective resolution of the confusing knots created by the double-bind dilemmas that couples often face.
MACO 306 Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Marriage
Taught by David Stoop
Without the constant oil of forgiveness, the never-ending adjustments of reconciliation, marriage can quickly become a white-hot friction that burns up and burns out its partners. Noted psychologist and author David Stoop is not only dedicated to this Biblical call in marriage, he is constructing a dedicated interpersonal science of forgiveness and reconciliation. In this course, he shares his wisdom and expertise with us on this crucial issue.