Welcome to our resource hub, where you’ll find a thoughtfully curated collection of books designed to encourage and equip homeschooling families. From practical guides on homeschooling methods to uplifting insights on parenting, family discipleship, and marriage, these resources are here to equip you for every step of the journey. Whether you’re seeking encouragement, practical strategies, or Biblical wisdom, this collection offers tools to help your family grow in faith, learning, and love.
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Homeschool Helps
Family Discipleship
Purity
Parenting
Marriage
Homeschool Helps
Staying Sane as you Homeschool
Kathy Kuhl
Cathy Duffey’s Top 102 Homeschooling Books
Kathy Duffey
102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum makes it easy to select the right curriculum for each family situation and each child’s learning style. In the first few chapters, Cathy walks you through the curriculum selection process: goal setting, figuring out which approach to education fits best, forming a personal philosophy of education, determining your teaching style, and identifying your children’s learning styles. Next, at-a-glance charts highlight key features of each Top Pick. Scanning through the charts allows you to quickly identify products likely to be of interest. The charts are followed by extensive reviews of each of the Top Picks.
Honey for a Child’s Heart
Gladys Hunt
Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner
Kathy Kuhl
Home Grown Kids
Raymond and Dorothy Moore
The Heart of Homeschooling
Kris Klicka
Answers for Homeschooling
Israel Wayne
You’ve made the decision to homeschool. Suddenly, you find that some of those who were once in your corner supporting you are now questioning your competency as a parent and maybe even your sanity. Their lack of confidence may sting, but in reality, the critic provides a wonderful opportunity to replace fear and stigma with truth and reality. This book equips you to answer the critic in your life with resolve and confidence.
Education: Does God Have an Opinion
Israel Wayne
Family Discipleship
Why would God ask anyone a question? We ask questions when we don’t understand. Yet, the Creator of the universe who spoke all that we see into being asks questions. Unimaginable power and wisdom are already His. As strange as it may seem to us, the Bible is filled with questions God asks. He is not the one who needs answers – these questions help us to understand both God and ourselves.
Foundational Truths
Israel Wayne
Full Time Parenting
Israel Wayne
Foundations of Faith
Israel Wayne
Foundations in Faith is a homeschool curriculum designed to teach Bible doctrine to teens and preteens. Your students will learn the basics of what Christians have held true as they study Scripture along with the creeds, confessions, and catechisms used over time to instill biblical truths. These helpful tools have been written to help Christ followers cling to the authority of God’s Word and avoid the pitfalls of believing heresies promoted within the culture and possibly the even the church.
Purity
Lies Girls Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free
Dannah Gresh, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Lies Young Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free
Dannah Gresh, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Lies Boys Believe: And the Epic Quest for Truth
Jason and Erin Davis
Lies are powerful. God’s Truth is stronger. Graphic novel meets meaty Bible teaching in Lies Boys Believe, helping boys identify lies and replace them with Truth so they can stand firm in a fractured world. Jason and Erin Davis—parents to four boys—use witty storytelling and playful graphics to present solid biblical truth to combat the most common lies boys believe. With easy-to-read chapters, this book focuses on ten core lies. Through the Davis’ fictional and humorous stories, your son will begin to trade the lies he’s believed for the truth God intends. He will learn to swim upstream against the tides of deception and be equipped to recognize future lies as he develops a passion for knowing and living God’s Word.
Before You Meet Prince Charming
Sarah Mally
How can girls live pure in this world with darkness all around them? Is it even possible? This book gives a resounding answer, “Yes!” Girls can live pure lives as they walk closely with Jesus. This book encourages young women to build their thinking on God’s Word and put Jesus first in every area of their lives. Remember, purity is not found in a list of rules but in the pursuit of a person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
In these pages, Sarah challenges young ladies to honor Christ in their relationships, guard their hearts and minds, resist temptation, and delight in Jesus who is the only One who satisfies. A captivating fairy tale woven throughout the book illustrates these principles of purity. Sarah includes biblical teaching, modern-day examples, and stories from her everyday life.
So You’re About to be a Teenager
Samuel and Rebecca Rainey
Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications. This book is essential reading for preteens.
Dating with Integrity
John Holzmann
God Made All of Me
Justin Holcomb
Parenting
For any parent who is concerned with properly raising children, this classic text from J. C. Ryle is a must-read. This nineteenth-century booklet offers helpful advice for parents that is just as relevant today as when it was first published.
Creative Family Times for Toddlers
Allen Hadidian
On Becoming Baby Wise
Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam, M.D
On Becoming Toddler Wise
Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam, M.D
On Becoming Child Wise
Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam, M.D
As a child moves beyond the toddler years, new challenges arise for parents. Be prepared for this exciting stage with fifteen “Childwise” principles for training children ages 3-7 in happy and responsible living. You became a parent overnight….. but it takes much longer to become Childwise. Just when you master the baby stage, greater challenges arise. Intellect, self-awareness, curiosity, and social roles are emerging– requiring consistent caring guidance from you.Equip yourself with more than fifteen Childwise Principles for training kids in the art of living happily among friends and family. Foster the safe, secure growth of your child’s self-concept and world view. Nurture your little one’s uniqueness while setting loving boundaries on his or her world. And sow seeds for a rich harvest in the ten years ahead.On Becoming Childwise shows you how to raise emotionally balanced, intellectually assertive, and morally sensible children. It’s the essential guidebook for the adventurous years from toddler to grader schooler! Come join 26 year Pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo, M.A. and the community of 6 million homes in all 50 states and around the world that are finding peace and success with their children in the On Becoming best selling series!
Are you frustrated by how much time your son or daughter spends playing video games, texting friends, or surfing the NET? Do you feel like some sort of technology-beast has invaded your home? If so, then you’re not alone. A wave of hyper-technology is sweeping across the planet, and if we’re not careful, it will wash away our children and their future families. The temptation is to shrug our shoulders and say, “I guess everyone is doing it,” but if we do that, then we will have let our children down. This book will help you understand the attraction of and influence behind the gizmos and learn practical measures that you can take to put the ‘Techno-BEAST’ in its rightful place.
The Art of Parenting
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Shepherding a Child’s Heart
Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child’s heart into the paths of life. Shepherding a Child’s Heart gives fresh biblical approaches to child rearing.
Parenting is Heart Work
Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids!
Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
Parents often feel angry when their children do the wrong things. But responding to children in anger rarely brings about the desired result and can even have a damaging effect instead. Yet anger doesn’t have to be the enemy. It can be a trigger that makes parents even more effective. Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller show them how.
Home Improvement
Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
The Christian Parenting Handbook
Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller
Raising Them Up
Israel Wayne
For Parents Only
Shaunti Feldhahn
Parenting Beyond the Rules
Connie Albers
After 30 years of parenting five children and 20 years of working with teens, Connie Albers has witnessed the negative impact of well-intentioned but misguided parenting styles, all focused on managing teens rather than guiding them. But through learning to focus on the hearts of your teens, you can avoid those pitfalls and build relationships that last beyond the transition years as you intentionally learn about, connect with, and listen to your teens. In a world filled with distractions and devices, it is possible to guide their hearts and remain the primary influence in their lives. In Parenting beyond the Rules, you will discover how to raise a teen according to his or her strengths, talents, and personality type, as these things equip teens to manage life.
Encouraging Your Child
Kathy Kuhl
“M” Is For Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood
Abbie Halberstadt
Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys
Hal and Melanie Young
If you look around in your church today, two-thirds of the young people who are sitting among us have already left in their hearts; soon they will be gone for good. This is the alarming conclusion from a study Answers in Genesis commissioned from America’s Research Group, led by respected researcher Britt Beemer. The results may unnerve you – they may shake long-held assumptions to the core – but these results need to be taken seriously by the church.
Marriage
The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman
Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.
The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work.
The Love Dare
Alex Kendrick
Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
The Love Dare, New Revised Edition the New York Times No. 1 best seller that has sold five million copies and was major plot device in the popular movie Fireproof, is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you need to take. It’s time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy and developing a dynamic marriage.
This second edition also features a special link to a free online marriage evaluation, a new preface by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, minor text updates, and select testimonials from The Love Dare readers. Take the dare!
In the midst of the stress and pressure of everyday life, Moments Together for Couples will give you and your mate a chance to pause, relax, and draw upon the strength of the Lord. This easy-to-use devotional helps you set aside anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes every day with your spouse to grow closer to God and closer to each other.
The Art of Marriage
Family Life
This couples devotional kit joins artists, teachers, speakers, pastors, poets, biblical experts, and real-life couples to enrich the content and ensure a well-rounded, engaging, and relatable experience for participants. This comprehensive marriage workbook for couples kit includes everything you need for a meaningful and enriching experience.
Lies Women Believe: And the Truth Which Sets Them Free
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Lies Men Believe: And the Truth Which Sets Them Free
Robert Wolgemuth
His Needs/Her Needs
Willard F. Harley Jr.
For Women Only
Shaunti Feldhahn
For Men Only
Shaunti Feldhahn
If you’re like most men, you’ve burned up lots of energy trying to figure out what a woman wants, what makes her tick, how to make her happy. The good news: success is simpler than you ever thought. In For Men Only, Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn reveal the eye-opening truths and simple acts that will radically improve your relationship with the woman you love.
Rekindling the Romance: Loving the Love of Your Life
Dennis and Barbara Rainey