Growing Together As a Couple: 7 Biblical Essentials for Building a Great Marriage

In their 30 years of shared ministry and marriage, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa pastor Brian Brodersen and his wife, speaker and author Cheryl Brodersen, watched many couples struggle to build a lasting, fulfilling relationship. With the desire to understand God's path for their union, the Brodersens' turned to the Bible and learned how to view and experience marriage as an incredible gift from God. Now they share the ten essential "E" principles they discovered, showing readers how to:

• Entrust the relationship to God
• Eliminate unhealthy expectations
• Encourage one another
• Enlighten with spiritual truth
• Energize the relationship
• Endure by standing together in faith

In this biblical and practical resource, newlyweds and longtime married couples will embrace the wholeness of God's plan for them to have the very best human love experience possible.

Brian and Cheryl Brodersen serve at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and have been happily married for over 30 years. Together they have established churches, ministered to congregations, and raised their four children, as well as authoring Growing Together As a Couple. Cheryl is the author of When a Woman Lets Go of Her Fears and the daughter of well-known Pastor Chuck and Kay Smith. The Brodersens are popular speakers and teachers and are eager to encourage couples to embrace God’s leading in their lives.

Cheryl Brodersen, the daughter of Pastor Chuck and Kay Smith, is a popular speaker and the author of When a Woman Lets Go of the Lies and When a Woman Lets Go of Her Fears, and coauthor with her husband of Growing Together As a Couple. She also hosts Today’s Faith on HisChannel.com. Cheryl and her husband, Pastor Brian Brodersen, currently serve at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in California.