Interpersonal Relationships

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Many people try to avoid conflict, but confrontation can be a catalyst for deeper loving care as we learn to integrate our needs and wants with those of others.  Dr. David Augsburger believes that deepened relationships bloom out of conflict when we remember that the important issue is not what the conflict is about, but instead how the conflict is handled.  Caring Enough to Confront will teach you how to build trust, cope with blame and prejudice, and be honest about anger and frustration.  You’ll learn how to confront with compassion in family, church and work relationships to resolve conflict in a healthy and healing way.  Make the most of every conflict by mastering the tools of making peace.

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This book is designed to help people improve their personal relationships by understanding the finer points of human behavior.  The categories of personality, drawn from the work of researchers David W. Merrill and Roger H. Reid, can help you understand your own social style and styles of others.  Techniques for reducing tension and tips for improving relationships and many more.

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The best-selling "Only" series returns with a one-of-a-kind guide for teen guys on how to figure out girls.  Drawing on a fresh national survey of 600 teen girls, as well as hundreds of personal interviews, For Young Men Only reveals the real truth about what teenage girls think, what they want, and how average teen guys can build healthy friendships with high quality girls.  Full of surprising revelations and practical advice, For Young Men Only delivers help straight from the girls themselves in a fun, easy-to-read, easy-to-talk about format.  Warm, witty, and honest, authors Jeff Feldhahn and Eric Rice tell plenty of personal stories and draw on solid biblical principles to guide young guys through the often daunting world of the opposite sex.  Their goal is to help teen guys build self-confidence and understanding, and show them how to pursue a relationship with a girl while giving her the respect and protection she deserves.

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Guys will be guys.  And now girls can know what that means!  For Young Women Only dives into the mysterious inner-workings of the teenage male mind so that you can begin to understand why guys say and do what they do.  Exploring critical topics including respect, insecurity, appearance, physical affection, and the “tough and tender”-ness of guys, this book is also packed with “ask the expert” sections, quotes, and fun personal stories from guys in all walks of life.  Why is he so visually stimulated?  You may wish it weren’t so, but that won’t make it so.  I don’t want to put on a front for him to like me.  Actually, he wants your genuineness, too!  This book will help you grasp how God wired the opposite sex so you can enjoy your relationships with them.

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This booklet from The Lutheran Hour Ministries is drawn from Tim Wesemann's The Gift: Forgiveness is for You and William Hulme's How to Forgive and Forget.  Learn the basis for true forgiveness --how you can experience God's forgiveness and how you can forgive others.

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Offers advice on how to deal with the people in our lives who sap our energy and complicate our lives and on how we can truly love others. Dr. Parrott divides these people into 15 categories and discusses how to set boundaries, giving the gift of grace and leaving room for God. Learn More

Ken Voges , author of several personality/behavior tools for Christians, and Ron Braund, licensed marriage and family therapist, elaborate on the DISC system of behavior and personality classification which is designed to help people understand themselves and others with whom they relate. The authors introduce the system of classification, the strengths and challenges of each personality and how each personality interacts with the others. They give examples from daily living as well as illustrate each personality with a Bible character (D=Paul, S=Abraham, C=Moses, I=Peter). The authors believe that there is no “right or wrong” personality and that Jesus demonstrated a perfect balance of all four personality types as was appropriate in the situation. Excellent for individual as well as small group study. Learn More

Gary Chapman provides a useful tool in his book Anger: Handling a Powerful Emotion in a Healthy Way, taking a fresh look at the origin and purpose of anger.   Asserting that anger is rooted in the holy nature of God, he reverently explains that anger flows from God's holiness and love.  Gary Chapman, author of best-selling The Five Love Languages, draws on his extensive counseling experience to explain how to positively process anger, creating and further cultivating healthy relationships.

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