The Strong Family

by Charles R. Swindoll

In this award-winning book, Chuck Swindoll offers timeless, biblical insight to help you build a deeper and richer family life. He encourages you to set biblical priorities that will enable your family to enjoy each other in the food times and stay together through the bad times.

Genres: Parenting, Family, Christian, Christian Living, Relationships, Marriage

178 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Charles Swindoll has devoted over four decades to two passions: an unwavering commitment to the practical communication and application of God's Word, and an untiring devotion to seeing lives transformed by God's grace. Chuck graduated magna cum laude from Dallas Theological Seminary and has since been honored with four doctorates. For his teaching on Insight for Living, he has received the Program of the Year award and the Hall of Fame award from the National Religious Broadcasters as well as multiple book awards.

Reviews

[Larisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Swindoll's book The Strong Family' was encouraging and offered continued wisdom for my calling as a mom.

"By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established.' (Proverbs 24:3,4) This same verse stands as the foundation of Swindoll's writings, that by God's wisdom revealed in the Bible our families are built up and established.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Swindoll as always is down to earth, practical and most important, biblical.

[Natasha Sundar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very insightful and grounded on scripture. Parents should read as Swindoll has a way with words to provoke us to think further.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

ch 13 was my favorite, "anticipating the unusual" - a challenge to model faith to my kids.

[Molly Sigourney · Rating 3 out of 5]

My mom asked me to read this book before getting married in just 3 months from now. I am glad that I read this! It had very important advice and insight into the God-centered family. However, I do feel like this book is more appropriate for people who already have children or who are about to become parents. While I learned a lot and the knowledge is very beneficial it was sometimes hard to relate to the perspective of the author who already had raised children. The audience was more directed towards parents. Some of the references were also very dated as this book was written in a different era than 2023. Overall, I am pleased to have read it and I’m sure will remember parts of it when I am a parent one day.

[Jon Bender · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very solid and practical book. Even for being released in 1991 I couldn’t believe how well the topics and worries carried over.

Very similar to my parents I have the same goals for what I consider a successful happy family. This book reinforces those wants and beliefs.

I love the biblical inputs and examples used.

Also shows that for a few centuries, parents have the same ideal family idea. It also shows that parents have made and will continue to make the same parental mistakes. We do need to own up to it and work on correcting our own response and behavior. I love how it explains no human being can be controlled.

It’s very real. Very simple. Very faith driven.