Before and After : Biblical Principles for a Successful Marriage

Marriage is a covenant—a binding agreement between one man and one woman to take each other for wedded wife and wedded husband until parted by death. Marriage is also the plan of God, as He demonstrated with Adam and Eve and by the presence of Jesus at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, where He performed his first public miracle. The family is the foundation God chose to build organized societies upon. The family is the most important means of socialization in a child’s life and determines—to a tremendous extent—what kind of person that child will be. The Bible tells us that “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” and we have found that many Christians have forgotten what the Word of God has to say about marriage.

Authors Carl and Charity Taylor have a desire to see everyone enjoy a fruitful marriage. They believe that although many people say that they just fell in love, they say that they have grown in love. A love that grew because of tests and trials that they faced along the way. According to 1 Corinthians the 13th chapter, love never fails. This is the foundation on which to build your marriage!

For those not yet married, the purpose of this book is to prevent a terrible marriage and to help initiate a marriage that is a howling success! For those who are already married, this book will enhance your relationship and help you recover from any presumably “irreconcilable” differences. Find wisdom and gain understanding through this method of instilling God’s principles for righteous, moral, and happy living within the stable boundaries of a Godly marriage.

Carl and Charity Taylor received the Lord in their early teens, and have been involved in several areas of ministry for over 30 years, including becoming assistant Pastors at Lighthouse Tabernacle Ministries in Staten Island, New York back in the early 1990's. Carl has several years of theology training and has received diplomas through Deliverance Bible Institute in Newark, New Jersey, Rhema Correspondence School and Victory Bible College. Carl began his training at the age of 15 and began preaching at the age of 16. Carl and Charity were on radio in the 1990 s and have been guests on local area television in recent years. In 1997 the Lord led them to Tulsa, OK, and then to Victory Christian Center. The Taylors are currently Victory Sunday School connect group leaders and have taught the Before You Say I Do class for over 7 years. They are also Victory Fellowship of Ministries members. Carl and Charity Taylor have been married for over 28 years and have three children, Joel, Evonne & Carl Jr, and four grandchildren.