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A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy

Vickie Sloderbeck — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:39:21 +0000

NEW FORMAT:

A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy is now available in a beautiful, full color 168 page eBook for your reading pleasure. In addition, there is a 34 page Activity eBook formatted in black and white so you can print out these pages separately. This will make it much easier for you to print out any pages you want to complete on your own without having to print out the whole book!

A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy is an in-depth study on sexuality and intimacy for married women. Written in conversational style, the reader will feel as though she and the author are sharing their hearts with one another–all while learning valuable and insightful information from the Bible and other Christian authors.

This 168 page eBook and activity eBook includes material compiled from the Leader’s Guide and the Student Workbook for An Invitation to Intimacy. Many women do not have An Invitation to Intimacy class available in their area, so this book was written to help supply this information to individual married women. This resource makes it possible for a wife to learn valuable teachings on her own, as well as making it possible for her to share this enlightening information with a small group of friends.

A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy is filled with insightful articles on topics such as God’s design for sex in marriage, the sexual differences between men and women, how to understand how sexual temptation works, and how to go from fizzle to sizzle in their sexual relationship.

Take time to learn about the joy God has designed for women and their spouse in their sexual relationship and find out how to heat up and ignite the passion in marriage.

If you would like to read more about how this book came to be written, you can go to Background on A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy.

We would like to make available a free chapter for you from A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy here, or by clicking on the “previews” button at the top of this page. We sure to contact us if you have any questions we can help you with.

eBook–Download for immediate delivery (PDF format).

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An Invitation to Intimacy: Leader’s Guide

Vickie Sloderbeck — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:40:14 +0000

This is a study on sexuality and intimacy written for married women. It is meant to be conducted with a small group of women. This 12-week curriculum is a companion study of the book, Intimate Issues, written by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus.

Unlike almost all other studies, the Leader’s Guide** is totally scripted, giving you word-for-word text and directions to confidently conduct each class, regardless of your expertise. The wording is printed in a large font which allows you to maintain eye contact with your students as you teach.

Commentaries and ideas from many Christian authors are included in each lesson, making this study relevant for today’s wives.

In this 369 page guide, there are questions and activities that will allow you to challenge and educate women, while providing a safe place for them to talk and share about their marriages.

You will be personally amazed at the transformation and insights you and your students will discover as you learn about God’s gift of sex for your marriage.

If you would like to know more about how this study came to be written, you can read the background information on An Invitation to Intimacy.

We would like to offer you a free chapter for download from An Invitation to Intimacy: Leader’s Guide as well. Be sure to click on the “previews” button at the top of this page. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Just contact us if we can be of any assistance.

PLEASE NOTE: As soon as you hit the “Add to Cart” button below, you will be taken to a page that will look like this which will enable you to finish your ordering process:

eBook–Download for immediate delivery (369 pages).

$29.97

Colored graphics of the black-and-white ones found in the Appendix of the Leader’s Guide can be purchased for this study as well. It makes handouts easier to copy and more colorful visually. (If you would like to see a listing of the items included in this file, you can view them here. (9.7 MB zip file)

$9.97

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**This guide is intended to be used along with the Student Workbook available for this class.

$15.97

An Invitation to Intimacy: Student Workbook

Vickie Sloderbeck — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:49:56 +0000

This Student Workbook** is meant to be used by each individual woman taking An Invitation to Intimacy. It is filled with valuable teaching material and instruction to educate and encourage each student participating in this class.

This 201 page workbook includes articles, questions and activities that help to dispel myths. It addresses concerns a wife often has regarding her marriage, and enlightens a woman on how sex can be fun as she learns of God’s design and gift of sex for her marriage.

This class provides a safe place to talk with other classmates studying together as each woman goes deeper into God’s Word.

If you would like to know more about how this study came to be written, you can read more about the background on An Invitation to Intimacy.

We would like to offer you a free chapter for download from An Invitation to Intimacy: Student Workbook , as well. Be sure to click on the “previews” button at the top of this page. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Just contact us if we can be of any assistance.

PLEASE NOTE: As soon as you hit the “Add to Cart” button below, you will be taken to a page that will look like this which will enable you to finish your ordering process:

eBook–Download for immediate delivery (201 pages).

$15.97

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**This guide is intended to be used along with the Leader’s Guide available for this class.

$29.97

Passionate Partnership: Leader’s Guide

Vickie Sloderbeck — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:17:54 +0000

Does the Bible really speak about marital sex? Absolutely! There is even an entire book in Scripture devoted to this topic. It is called Song of Solomon or Song of Songs.

We wrote this 272 page married couple’s Bible study because many women would request a class they could study with their husband once they completed An Invitation to Intimacy. Passionate Partnership is the result of these requests.

This 10-week study is an in-depth and verse-by-verse look at The Song of Solomon from the Bible. Couples will discover the erotic meanings of words veiled within the poetry of this book as weekly class discussions reveal what God intended for sex to be within marriage.

Just like An Invitation to Intimacy, the Leader’s Guide** for Passionate Partnership can be led by any married couple. Unlike almost all other studies, this guide gives you word-for-word text for each lesson, enabling you both to confidently lead each week’s discussion, regardless of your expertise. You will be provided with plenty of classroom material to use in your instruction of your married students from week to week.

This guide is printed in a large font, allowing you to see the teaching material while maintaining eye contact with your students.

It is filled with valuable information for educating and encouraging married couples in their sexual relationship and marriage. It includes a list of resources, discussion suggestions, questions, activities and helpful tips for leading a class.

Quotes from many other Christian authors are included within this study to make it relevant for today’s marriages. With mostly “verbal” homework, a couple’s communication skills will definitely improve as they share with one another the homework assignments for each week, while gaining a deeper understanding of the most erotic book in Scripture.

More information can be found about this study by going to the background on Passionate Partnership.

We would love for you to download a free chapter from Passionate Partnership: Leader’s Guide. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Just contact us if we can be of assistance to you.

PLEASE NOTE: As soon as you hit the “Add to Cart” button below, you will be taken to a page that looks like this which will enable you to finish your ordering process:

eBook–Download for immediate delivery (272 pages).

$27.97

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**This guide is intended to be used along with the Couple’s Workbook available for this class.

$11.97

Passionate Partnership: Couple’s Workbook

Vickie Sloderbeck — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:23:22 +0000

The Couple’s Workbook** is written to be used as part of a 10-week course entitled Passionate Partnership. It is written for married couples and is designed to be used in a group or classroom setting. This study is filled with valuable information that will educate and encourage couples about their sexual relationship and marriage.

This 120 page workbook is intended to supplement information couples will hear from the Leader’s Guide in class each week. With mostly “verbal” homework, a couple’s communication skills will improve as they study and talk together about the many different aspects involved in their sexual relationship and marriage.

Each week’s lesson has informative articles, quotes from many Christian authors, questions and activities to do in the privacy of their own home.

Join with other couples for class discussions that take place in a relaxed and safe environment while learning about God’s gift of sex for marriage.

More information can be found about this study by going to the background on Passionate Partnership.

Feel free to download a free chapter from Passionate Partnership: Couple’s Workbook, or clicking on the “previews” button at the top of this page. Be sure to contact us if we can be of any assistance.

PLEASE NOTE: As soon as you hit the “Add to Cart” button below, you will be taken to a page like this which will enable you to finish your ordering process:

eBook–Download for immediate delivery (120 pages).

$11.97

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**This workbook is intended to be used along with the Leader’s Guide.

$27.97

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Vickie Sloderbeck — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:37:21 +0000

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Leader Resources

Vickie Sloderbeck — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:00:39 +0000

Colored Graphics in the Appendix: These zip files for leaders conducting our marriage studies contain colored graphics of the materials found in the Appendix of each leader’s guide. They make printing and copying handouts and other materials much, much easier!

An Invitation to Intimacy: Leader’s Guide

$9.97

Passionate Partnership: Leader’s Guide

$3.97

Books Quoted in Leader’s Guide for An Invitation to Intimacy

Vickie Sloderbeck — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:13:45 +0000

Each week of teaching An Invitation to Intimacy, you will find quotes from different authors that I used to help illustrate different areas of study. Below, I have included links to most of the books I quote so you can see what they actually look like. I have listed the titles under the weekly heading whenever a book is introduced for the first time.

Throughout this study, you may wish to purchase a copy of a particular book cited to add to your own personal library. You may even discover that you already own some of them.

When you click on the titles, you will be taken to Amazon for further explanations about each book. This will also give you an opportunity to purchase any that interest you.

I will continue to update this page as new and interesting titles become available that I enjoy using in my teaching. Feel free to send me your recommendations as well.

Week 4

No new books introduced this week

Week 5

His Brain, Her Brain: How Divinely Designed Differences Can Strengthen Your Marriage by Walt and Barb Larimore

Brain Sex: The Real Difference Between Men and Women by Anne Moir and David Jessel

Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti: Understanding and Delighting in Our Differences by Bill and Pam Farrel

Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerichs

Motivating Your Man God’s Way: Discovering One Word That Energizes Your Husband by Dr. Emerson and Sarah Eggerichs

Woman Power: Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life by Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Week 6

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage by Willard F. Harley, Jr.

Is There Really Sex After Kids?: A Mom-to-Mom Chat on Keeping Intimacy Alive by Jill Savage

The Sexual Man: Masculinity Without Guilt by Archibald D. Hart

Making Love Meaningfully: The Purpose of Marital Intimacy by Charles M. and Virginia Sell

For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn

The 5 Love Needs of Men & Women by Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg

Week 7

For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men by Shaunti Feldhahn

Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Kevin Leman

Week 8

Week 9

Mars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Passion by John Gray

Super Marital Sex: Loving for Life by Paul Pearsall

No Time for Sex: Finding the Time You Need for Getting the Sex You Want by David and Claudia Arp

God Is in the Bedroom, Too: The Pleasures of True Intimacy by P. B. Wilson

Week 10

Every Woman’s Battle: Discovering God’s Plan for Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment by Shannon Ethridge

The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren

Becoming a Couple of Promise by Kevin Leman

What To Do When He Has a Headache: Renewing Desire and Intimacy in Your Relationship by Janet L. Wolfe

Week 11

Sex…According to God: How to Walk with Purity in a World of Temptation by Kay Arthur

Solomon on Sex: The Biblical Guide to Married Love by Joseph C. Dillow

Song of Songs: New International Commentary on the Old Testament by Tremper Longman III

Sexual Intimacy in Marriage: Revised and Updated by William Cutrer and Sandra Glahn

Week 12

The Love List: Eight Little Things that Make a Big Difference in Your Marriage by Les and Leslie Parrott

When Bad Things Happen to Good Marriages: How to Stay Together When Life Pulls You Apart by Leslie Parrott III

Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage by Dennis Rainey

Books Quoted in Leader’s Guide for Passionate Partnership

Vickie Sloderbeck — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:28:58 +0000

Each week of teaching you will find quotes from different authors that we used to help illustrate different areas of study. Below, we have included links to most of the books we quoted from so you can see what they actually look like. We have listed the titles under the weekly headings whenever each book is first introduced.

Throughout this study, you may wish to purchase a copy of a particular book cited to add to your own personal library. You may even discover that you already own some of them.

When you click on the titles, you will be taken to Amazon for further explanations about each book. This will also give you an opportunity to purchase any that interest you.

We will continue to update this page as new and interesting titles become available that we enjoy using in our teaching. Feel free to send us your recommendations as well.

Week 1

Super Marital Sex: Loving for Life by Paul Pearsall

Intimacy Ignited: Conversations Couple to Couple by Joseph and Linda Dillow, Peter and Lorraine Pintus

Avoiding the Greener Grass Syndrome: How to Grow Affair-Proof Hedges Around Your Marriage by Nancy C. Anderson

Week 2

Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge

The 5 Sex Needs of Men & Women: Discover the Secrets to Great Sex in a Godly Marriage by Gary and Barbara Rosberg and Ginger Kolbaba

A Celebration of Sex After 50 by Douglas E. Rosenau and James K. and Carolyn Childerston

When Two Become One: Enhancing Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Christopher and Rachel McCluskey

Week 3

Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti: Understanding and Delighting in Our Differences by Bill and Pam Farrel

Making Sense of the Men in Your Life: What Makes Them Tick, What Ticks You Off, and How to Live in Harmony by Kevin Leman

Men Read Newspapers, Not Minds:…And Other Things I Wish I’d Known When I First Married by Sandra Picklesimer Aldrich

Intimate Issues: 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sex by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus

Sex…According to God by Kay Arthur

The Intimate Mystery: Creating Strength and Beauty in Your Marriage by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman

Rescue Your Love Life: Changing Those Dumb Attitudes and Behaviors That Will Sink Your Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Lists to Live By For Every Married Couple by Alice Gray, Steve Stevens, and John Van Diest

Week 4

Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? by Gary L. Thomas

Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerichs

Cracking the Communication Code: The Secret to Speaking Your Mate’s Language by Emerson Eggerichs

For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men by Shaunti Feldhahn

Week 5

Mom’s Needs, Dad’s Needs: Keeping Romance Alive Even After the Kids Arrive by Willard F. Harley, Jr.

No Time for Sex: Finding the Time You Need for Getting the Sex You Want by David and Claudia Arp

Red-Hot Monogamy: Making Your Marriage Sizzle by Bill and Pam Farrel

Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Kevin Leman

Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by William Cutrer and Sandra Glahn

Week 6

No new books used this week

Week 7

Sizzle! Seven Secrets to Ignite Your Marriage by Denise Vezey

The 10 Commandments of Marriage: The Do’s and Don’ts for a Lifelong Covenant by Ed Young

Week 8

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage by Willard F. Harley, Jr.

Solomon on Sex: The Biblical Guide to Married Love by Joseph C. Dillow

Intimate Issues: 21 Questions Christian Women Ask About Sex by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus

Week 9

A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God’s Gift of Sexual Intimacy by Douglas E. Rosenau

Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage by Ed and Gaye Wheat

From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well: Discover Human-Identical Hormones As a Safe and Effective Treatment for PMS, Perimenopause, Menopause or Hysterectomy by C. W. Randolph, M.D. and Genie James

Devotions for a Sacred Marriage: A Year of Weekly Devotions for Couples by Gary L. Thomas

The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle by MIke Mason

Week 10

No new books used this week

Books Quoted in A Wife’s Invitation to Intimacy

Vickie Sloderbeck — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:01:25 +0000

In each chapter of this book you will find quotes from different authors that were used to help explain different areas of study. Below, I have included links to the books quoted so you can see what the author’s book actually looks like. I have listed the titles under each chapter whenever a book is first introduced.

As you study, you may wish to purchase a copy of a particular book cited to add to your own personal library. You may even discover that you already own some of them.

When you click on the titles, you will be taken to Amazon for further explanations about each book. This will also give you an opportunity to purchase any that interest you.

I will continue to update this page as new and interesting titles become available that I have enjoyed. Feel free to send me your recommendations as well.