Amazing Grace for Married Couples: 12 Life-Changing Stories of Renewed Love

by Jeff Cavins, Patti Armstrong, Matthew J. Pinto

Every marriage hits rough spots. The question is, how will you face those challenges? Amazing Grace for Married Couples features stories of couples who faced what seemed like insurmountable challenges, but through the grace of God found the strength and love to become closer than ever before. In these pages, you will These powerful stories of redemption truly celebrate marriage as a covenant of God s love. They will fill your heart with hope and give you the faith to persevere in times of difficulty. Experience the amazing renewal God can work in the lives of ordinary couples.

Genres: Catholic

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2005

About the author

After twelve years as a Protestant pastor, Jeff returned to the Catholic Church under the guidance of Bishop Paul Dudley. His conversion story, one of the best known and inspiring stories of its kind, is chronicled in the best-selling book, My Life on the Rock.

Over the past several decades, Jeff has dedicated his life to developing The Great Adventure: A Journey through the Bible, a practical, interactive program that helps people read the “big picture” of God’s plan in Sacred Scripture and understand its meaning for their lives. The Great Adventure presents the entire sweep of the Bible in a way that is easy to understand and genuinely fun. Its unique Bible Timeline learning system has revolutionized Catholic Bible Study for hundreds of thousands of Catholics since 1995.

Jeff received his MA in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Reviews

[Catherine Cavanagh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a truly wonderful book, and well worth having a copy to lend to those in need of its contents.
It contains 12 accounts of marriages that survived times of difficulty due to God's grace. Each account includes how the married couple met, how the difficulties began, and how they avoided divorce when they turned to God and asked for His help. In each case, once they got through the very difficult patch, their marriages were better than ever before. The difficulties cover the many troubles that place big strains on a marriage: infidelity, gambling, pornography, alcohol, step-parenthood, same sex attraction and facing the birth of child not expected to live.
If you need a dose of hope that God is bigger than any trouble you face, then this book will provide it.
The day I read this book was the same day the news that the Supreme Court of the USA declared same sex marriage constitutional. A dear friend had given me a pile of great books weeks before. Going through that pile looking for something else, this book leaped out at me. It was just the reminder I needed that for a marriage to flourish it takes three persons, husband, wife and God, and that God always wants marriages to be very good.