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Book Review: Restoring Hope by Robert S. Paul, Robert K. Burbee, and Christine A. Arnzen Video version here: Book Review: Restoring Hope by Robert S. Paul, Robert K. Burbee, and Christine A. Arnzen Restoring Hope: An Integrative Approach to Marital Therapy is not...
Will Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored Marriage Intensive Fix My Desperate Marriage? A closer look at Focus on the Family’s marriage-intensive program and the dangers of pressuring people to stay in destructive marriages as a way of proving their faith. This review...
MYTH: God forbids all divorce, or all divorce is sin unless it's for adultery. TRUTH: Scripture shows that God gives permission for divorce in many situations, including sexual immorality, abuse, and abandonment or neglect. (See verses below.) In my interviews with...
A Hope Restored Marriage Intensive: Will It Fix My Marriage? If someone had told me years ago that Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored program would claim, with breathtaking audacity, “A marriage in crisis can be saved in under a week,” I would have called it an...
The Truth About Focus on the Family’s “Hope Restored” Study: What the 2011 Research Really Says Keywords: Hope Restored marriage intensive, Focus on the Family research, Robert S. Paul, Restoring Hope book, Christian counseling, faith-based therapy, marriage...
BREAKING NEWS: HOPE RESTORED APPARENTLY IS IN VIOLATION OF FTC RULES: IT HAS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF ITS MIRACLE CLAIMS. As of September 26, 2025, Hope Restored still offers no “reasonable scientific” evidence that their $3,000-$6,000 marriage intensives can...
Why Does My Abuser Seem Blessed After Divorce? Why does an abusive ex seem to thrive while survivors struggle? As a Christian divorce recovery leader for nearly 30 years, I’ve sat with countless women and men who left abusive marriages, desperate for safety and a...
The Hard Truths about Abusers: Myths, Motives, and Recognizing Reality The Myth that the Victim's Unconditional Love will Cure Them So many women and men who reach out for help with their abusive spouse are told the same well-meaning but harmful story: Their spouse or...
Experts Respond to 10 Common Critiques of No-Fault Divorce Let's separate the facts from the fear-bombs. This article addresses the common critiques of no-fault divorce, and gives answers from a law professor and a lawyer from Southern Methodist University: No-Fault...