Beyond Boundaries
Dr. John Townsend
Hardcover, 272 pp., $24.99
Zondervan (September 27, 2011)

How do you know you’re ready to trust again? In Beyond Boundaries, bestselling author Dr. John Townsend helps you discover when and how to trust again after you’ve set appropriate boundaries, how to connect deeply without being hurt, and how to safely grow your most intimate relationships.

4 Days to a Forever Marriage
Gary Smalley, Norma Smalley
Hardcover, 112 pp., $16.99
New Leaf Publishing Group (October 3, 2011)

After all these years, bestselling author Gary Smalley and his wife, Norma, continue to improve their marriage. Learn from Dr. Smalley’s latest research, employing biblical principles he and Norma have used in the last forty years of marriage, ministry, and counseling. Your marriage can be a safe place to love and be loved!

The 21-Day Dad’s Challenge
Carey Casey
Paperback, 192 pp., $13.99
Focus (September 23, 2011)

Build a better relationship with your kids by taking The 21-Day Dad’s Challenge! Learn habits that will have an eternal impact on your kids, your family and your community. You’ll be challenged by the best: like Tony Dungy, Josh McDowell, Randy Alcorn, Joe White, and more. No matter what your child’s age, make each day count with in-person loving, coaching, and modeling. Each day’s challenge includes a reflective thought from well-known dads; supporting Scriptures; a call to action; and space for your personal responses.

Let Our Children Go
Rebecca Greenwood
Paperback, 240 pp., $13.99
Charisma House (September 6, 2011)

We must not assume that our children are free of threats from darkness. The enemy’s purpose is to grip and blind every generation, establishing strongholds in the lives of our children from a very young age. Let Our Children Go is a handbook for parents, pastors, and leaders to help free children from evil influences and demonic harassment. Full of true stories about young people who have been set free, it explains the necessity of deliverance ministry for children and discusses many of the issues they face in today’s world.

Real Marriage
Mark Driscoll and Grace Driscoll
Hardcover, 272 pp., $22.99
Thomas Nelson (January 3, 2012)

Pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife, Grace, talk about sex and marriage in down-to-earth terms, hitting issues other Christian books won’t. While a wonderful wedding day is important, it’s the last day of marriage that really counts. Will the last day of your marriage come prematurely through divorce? Will it be filled with regrets as you sit at the funeral of your spouse? Or, by God’s grace, will the last day be a day to rejoice in the life you lived together? Pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife, Grace, want you to finish well on the last day.

The Meaning of Marriage
Timothy Keller, Kathy Keller
Hardcover, 288 pp., $25.95
Dutton Adult (November 1, 2011)

Are you and your spouse struggling to keep your marriage alive? You’ll welcome Pastor Keller’s wise insights about love and commitment. Drawing from his sermons, he frankly discusses difficulties couples experience and shows how God’s Word can provide a blueprint for a healthy, loving, and lifelong relationship. Perfect for couples, those preparing for marriage, pastors, and counselors.

It’s Your Kid, Not a Gerbil
Dr. Kevin Leman
Paperback, 272 pp., $14.99
Tyndale House Publishers (August 1, 2011)

As you chauffeur your children from one activity to another, do you sometimes feel like a gerbil on a wheel, unable to get off? Psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman offers insight and solutions for creating a less stressed home life. Parents of children ages 2–18 will be helped to give up the impossible quest to make their children “succeed” and instead, create a scenario where their kids are more likely to adopt the values taught at home. Special features include sidebars in each chapter with tips and a “Good Question!” section with thought provoking queries.

That’s My Girl
Rick Johnson
Paperback, 208 pp., $12.99
Revell (January 2, 2012)

A father impacts every aspect of his daughter’s life—for her entire life. Fathers model for their daughters how women should be treated, how men should act, and how a man shows healthy love and affection toward a woman. It’s a big responsibility. In That’s My Girl, parenting expert Rick Johnson’s plainspoken common sense, wisdom, and humor meets dads right where they are with stories and advice that will change their relationships with their daughters for life. Any man who wants to be the best dad possible to his daughter will love this hope-filled book.

Married For Real
Eddie and Tamara George
Hardcover, 208 pp., $19.95
Abingdon Press (February 2012)

From humble backgrounds, Eddie and Tamara have each risen to national prominence, and they believe that their marriage deserves much of the credit. In this book, Eddie and Tamara draw on their personal stories to guide you to a more successful marriage. They speak openly about issues that all couples face: money, sex, power, quality time, faithfulness, and emotional baggage from former relationships, and then, together, address how to deepen your relationship through those obstacles and help you grow as a couple.

Becoming a Couple of Destiny
Joseph W. Walker III and Stephaine Walker
Hardcover, 240 pp., $17.95
Abingdon Press (November 2011)

In this he says / she says book, Bishop Joseph Walker and his wife Dr. Stephaine Walker tell you how to know when you’re in love and ready to take that next step of commitment. This dynamic and successful couple will also dialogue about the place of intimacy, carving out time for each other, and the importance of creating a spiritual life together in order to make significant and lasting decisions. They also talk about the values necessary to keep couples together in this temptation-laden culture.