Building Strong Families
Copyright © 2002 by Dennis Rainey
Published by Crossway Books
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Cover design: David LaPlaca
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First printing 2002
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Building strong families / Dennis Rainey, editor.
p. cm. — (Foundations for the family series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-58134-382-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Family—Religious aspects—Christianity—Congresses. 2. Family—
Religious life—Congresses. I. Rainey, Dennis, 1948–. II. Series.
BT707.7 .B85 2002
248.8'45—dc21 2002000169
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