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Articles at a Glance
- A Note From All Of Us At DFR
- COVID Cautions
- Dr. Dave Currie: What I Learned about Life from Climbing Mount Baker
- eZine #65: What To Teach Your Kids This Christmas
- eZine #67 | The Role Of A Lifetime Valentine
- eZine #69 | The Downward Spiral of Worry
- eZine #78: What Your Children Can Teach you about Faith
- eZine #84: Falling back into the swing of things
- eZine #85: We want to Connect with YOU!
- eZine #93: All the Summer Vibes
- Facing Temptation in Your Life
- First Day in Heaven
- God and Human Suffering: Part 1
- God and Human Suffering: Part 2
- God and Human Suffering: Part 3
- Journey Beyond Anxiety and a Life of Worry
- Lifting Up Others—Tips on Being an Encourager
- Marital Prayer Part 1: What Happens When a Couple Prays Together?
- Marital Prayer Part 2: How to Start Praying Together
- Marriage: 4 Ways to Create Exclusive Entanglement in Marriage
- Marriage: A Christmas Gift for Your Spouse
- Marriage: A Powerful Question to Ask Your Spouse
- Marriage: Adding Sizzle to Your Sex Life
- Marriage: All Work, No Play
- Marriage: Analyzing Your Online World
- Marriage: Anniversaries—The Value of Remembering
- Marriage: Are Electronic Devices Anti-Marriage?
- Marriage: Are You Romantically Challenged?
- Marriage: Attracted to Someone Outside Your Marriage?
- Marriage: Baggage in Your Marriage
- Marriage: Boundaries to Protect Your Marriage
- Marriage: Building Connection Seminar
- Marriage: Building Lifelong Friendship with Your Spouse
- Marriage: Choosing Your Hero Couple
- Marriage: Closeness—The Fourth Pillar of an Amazing Marriage
- Marriage: Commitment—The First Pillar of an Amazing Marriage
- Marriage: Communication—The Second Pillar of an Amazing Marriage
- Marriage: Companionship—The Third Pillar of an Amazing Marriage
- Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement
- Marriage: Do The Math in Your Marriage
- Marriage: Do You Have Friends of the Marriage?
- Marriage: Drag Time—The Folly of Unforgiveness
- Marriage: Drop the “EDGE”—A Journey into Graciousness
- Marriage: Emotional Abandonment
- Marriage: Escalating Domestic Violence in Marriage
- Marriage: Facing Burnout in Your Family
- Marriage: Five Roles of a Lifetime Valentine
- Marriage: Forgiveness Part 1—What Does Forgiveness Look Like?
- Marriage: Forgiveness Part 2—Why Forgiving is a Gift to Yourself
- Marriage: Forgiveness Part 3—How to Forgive Someone
- Marriage: Get on Course and Stay on Course
- Marriage: Getting Freedom from Porn: 1000 Days ‘All Clear’
- Marriage: Getting Your Man Talking
- Marriage: Gifts at the Wall
- Marriage: Givers, Takers, and Other Kinds of Lovers
- Marriage: Good News About Marriage!
- Marriage: Growing Together Spiritually
- Marriage: Helping Your Husband Battle Pornography
- Marriage: How to be a Great Spouse
- Marriage: How to Tell Your Man You Love Him
- Marriage: I Did Not Marry My Best Friend and Here is Why…
- Marriage: Is There Two in Your Marriage, or Three?
- Marriage: Keep Calm and Carry On | The Good News About Marriage
- Marriage: Life Lessons by Dr. Dave Currie
- Marriage: Like a Diamond for the World to See
- Marriage: Marital Mayhem
- Marriage: Merging Grace—The Art of Two Becoming One
- Marriage: Moments that Matter—Learning to Connect for Life
- Marriage: Money & Marriage—The First 5 Years
- Marriage: Negotiating Tips for Sexpectations
- Marriage: New Year’s Sex
- Marriage: Next Steps in Pornography Recovery
- Marriage: Opening up for Better Marital Connection
- Marriage: Our Top 10 Tips for Resolving Conflicts in Relationships
- Marriage: Preventing Your Own Divorce
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Helping a Friend in Marriage Crisis
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Honesty in Marriage
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Husband Not into Sex
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—No More Than Roommates
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Out with the Boys…Again
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Problems with the “Ex”
- Marriage: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Work or Family First?
- Marriage: Ramping Up Resolutions
- Marriage: Respecting the Laws of Relational Equilibrium
- Marriage: Ripe for the Picking—The Top 10 Signs of Vulnerability to an Extra-Marital Affair
- Marriage: Romantic Aptitude Quiz
- Marriage: Sex ~ Now You’re Talking!
- Marriage: Spring Cleaning of the Soul
- Marriage: Spring Cleaning of the Soul
- Marriage: The 12 Days of a Christ-Centered Christmas
- Marriage: The 6 Laws of Attraction—Are You Fun to Live With?
- Marriage: The ABC’s of Hugging
- Marriage: The All-Inclusive Attributes of an Amazingly Awesome Marriage
- Marriage: The Challenge of Rebuilding Trust in Marriage
- Marriage: The Dangerous Slide into an Internet Affair
- Marriage: The Kite & The Blender
- Marriage: The Love Formula
- Marriage: The Masks We Wear—Who Are We Really?
- Marriage: The Memorable Impact of Missions on Marriage
- Marriage: The Merging of Lives in Marriage
- Marriage: The Power Of A Full-On Apology
- Marriage: The Power of FAITHFULNESS
- Marriage: The Power of Partnership in Overcoming Pornography
- Marriage: The Power of Shared History
- Marriage: The Secrets of “Happy Camper” Dating
- Marriage: The Top Questions to Ask BEFORE Getting Engaged
- Marriage: The Value of Honest Disclosure
- Marriage: The Wisdom of Solomon
- Marriage: Til Death Do Us Part
- Marriage: Turning Your Christmas Inside Out
- Marriage: Understanding Lasting Marital Intimacy
- Marriage: Understanding the Emotional Turmoil of Mental Illness
- Marriage: What Does God in a Marriage Look Like?
- Marriage: What Happens When the Butterflies of Love Die?
- Marriage: What Kissing Does for Your Marriage
- Marriage: What’s the Deal with Valentine’s Day?
- Marriage: When Your Marriage Hits the Ditch
- Marriage: Win, Lose or Draw—Playing Your Relational Cards Right
- Marriage: Woodpeckers and Turtles—Do Opposites Attract or Attack (Take the Quiz)
- Marriage: You Make No Sense—Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings
- Moving Ahead From 2020 – to 2021
- Parenting: 18 Popular Social Media APPS You Should Know About
- Parenting: 3 Things Parents Should Never Withhold from their Children
- Parenting: 5 Things Wise Grandparents Do
- Parenting: 7-Step Model for Kids—Healthy Internet Use
- Parenting: Adjusting to an Empty Nest
- Parenting: An Unbroken Line Of Christians
- Parenting: Are you the primary influence in your child’s life?
- Parenting: Babes, Bikinis, Boys & Bodies
- Parenting: BUBBLE WRAP CHILDREN: How Shielding Kids From Suffering Works Against Them
- Parenting: Building a Godly Home
- Parenting: Cell Phone Sanity for Children
- Parenting: Children Through the Eyes of Jesus
- Parenting: Children through the eyes of Jesus
- Parenting: Coaching Pre-Teens on “SEXTING”
- Parenting: Creating Memorable Family Vacations
- Parenting: Developing A Family Mission Statement
- Parenting: FAMILY FOOTPRINTS—The Non-negotiable Steps for Leading Well at Home
- Parenting: HAPPY EASTER—When the Resurrection Hits Home
- Parenting: HAPPY EASTER—When the Resurrection Hits Home
- Parenting: Helping Kids Handle Peer Pressure
- Parenting: How To Bring Out The Worst In Your Kids
- Parenting: Indecent Exposure—Winning the Sexual Battle for the Minds and Hearts of the Next Generation
- Parenting: Internet Safety and Software for Every Device in Your Home
- Parenting: Internet Safety for Your Children—The Three Layered Approach
- Parenting: Keeping the Connection through the Teen Years
- Parenting: MEYER RETURNS TO HIS FIRST TEAM
- Parenting: My 6 Greatest Joys of Being a Parent
- Parenting: Obedience Beyond Parenting
- Parenting: Online Nudity—Protect Your Kids
- Parenting: Our Broken Moral Compass—The Truth and Tragedy of a Failing Integrity
- Parenting: Overcoming Parenting Panic
- Parenting: Part 1—Redefining Boredom
- Parenting: Part 2—Redefining Boredom
- Parenting: Passing on your Faith during Christmas
- Parenting: Pornography and Our Youth
- Parenting: Putting Your Marriage First
- Parenting: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie: SOLO Influence—How do I raise my family God’s way when my spouse isn’t interested?
- Parenting: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Kids Being Bullied
- Parenting: Q & A with Dr. Dave & Donalyn Currie—Protecting Kids Online
- Parenting: Raising Confident and Secure Children
- Parenting: Rebellion in Children—How Parenting Rules Are Related
- Parenting: Refresh Your Family Traditions
- Parenting: Responding to Your Child’s Porn Problem
- Parenting: Rethinking the Sex Talk
- Parenting: SEX TALK Part 1—Preparing for the Pre-Teen “Sex Talk”
- Parenting: SEX TALK Part 2—Framing Your Discussion on Sexuality
- Parenting: SEX TALK Part 3—Covering the Key Sexual Topics
- Parenting: SEX TALK Part 5—The Top Ways to Protect Your Kids from Predators
- Parenting: Snapshots of Fatherhood
- Parenting: The DNA of a Great Mother
- Parenting: The Impact of Family Traditions
- Parenting: The Ups and Downs of Summer Family Vacation
- Parenting: What Can You Learn About Faith From Your Kids?
- Parenting: YOUTH ARE LEAVING THE FAITH—Who’s Dropping the Ball?
- Podcast: Porn: Deadliness Of It, Grace For It, Recovery From It
- Podcast: Special Podcast with Ridge Church | Facing COVID19 Better as a Family
- Recovery from Depression
- Social Distancing or Social Exclusiveness
- The Downward Spiral of Worry
- The Power of Your Face
- Tough Seasons of Parenting
- Women’s Seminar: Encounter Jesus in the Noise