Dr. Wayne Mack lives in Pretoria, South Africa, where he serves as director of ACBC Africa and as director and professor of biblical counseling at Strengthening Ministries Training Institute, a certified training center of ACBC International. Previously he served as chairman of the biblical counseling department at The Master’s University and Seminary in California. He was a board member of NANC (now the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors) and FIRE (Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals). He also counseled and taught at CCEF (Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation) for fifteen years. Wayne and his wife Carol have been married since 1957. They have four adult children and twenty-two grandchildren. He has written twenty-six books on biblical counseling and practical Christian life issues.
Homework Manual for Biblical Living: Vol. 1, Personal and Interpersonal Problems | 208 pages | $10.99
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Counselors needing specific assignments to give counselees, or individuals seeking practical helps for their own struggles will welcome Wayne Mack’s homework manuals.
This first volume deals with personal and interpersonal problems in over thirty categories such as anger, blameshifting, communication, dating, finances, obesity, pride, sexual problems, sleep, suffering, thought patterns, and work. Dr. Mack presents a wealth of scriptural information for solving problems in each area covered.
Homework Manual for Biblical Living: Vol. 2, Family and Marital Problems | 96 pages | $8.99
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Here is the second of Wayne Mack’s homework manuals designed for counselors needing specific assignments to give counselees, or for individuals seeking practical help in their own struggles.
In this volume, Dr. Mack sheds biblical light on family and marital problems. He offers assignments for husbands and wives and for parents and children on topics such as communication, developing common interests, marriage evaluation, child rearing, and family religion.
Your Family, God’s Way: Developing and Sustaining Relationships in the Home | 240 pages | $12.99
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Offers biblical insight and practical wisdom into two crucial areas of family life: communication and conflict resolution. Mack alerts us to pitfalls of faulty communication, such as “undertalk” and “overtalk,” poor listening, forms of falsehood, and “circuit jammers” to communication. He examines why families fight and explains the key to turning family discord into harmony—providing practical guidance for the Christian family.
Strengthening Your Marriage | 208 pages | $11.99
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For better or for worse? Whichever term describes your marriage, there are ways to make it (even) better. That’s because God has designed marriage to be a relationship of deep unity and strength. Despite the challenges that couples face today, marital harmony need not be considered an impossible ideal.
Wayne A. Mack recognizes the challenges before us, and shows us how to meet those challenges with growing success. In this book, he has gathered a wealth of biblical insight and practical information on marital roles, communication, finances, sex, child rearing, and family worship. Both as a counseling aid and as a guide for husbands and wives to study together, this book offers true hope and help where couples need it most.
Reaching the Ear of God: Praying More and More Like Jesus | 288 pages | $16.99
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Prayer is a force like the power of earth’s mightiest dynamite. So why don’t we see more of that dynamite exploding in our world today?
Maybe we’re not praying enough. Maybe we’re not praying as we should.
In Reaching the Ear of God, Wayne Mack motivates us to pray more than we have before. “I have yet to meet people who would say that they pray as much as they think they should,” Mack writes. And he shows us how to pray more as Jesus prayed. “I want us to learn from history’s greatest prayer expert,” he writes.
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“Wayne Mack’s contemporary treatment of prayer through the lens of the Lord’s Prayer is packed with theological and practical content that promotes a Christ-centered and intimate approach to the throne of grace. The numerous application questions help make this book one of the best practical manuals on prayer ever written.”
—Joel R. Beeke, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Down, But Not Out: How to Get Up When Life Knocks You Down | 256 pages | $14.99
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Do circumstances control you? Do you worry about your next career move? Are you overworked or missing deadlines? Are you unsure of the next step? Life is full of problems that can bring us down. As Christians, however, we know that Jesus overcame the world, and by his power at work within us, we can as well.
In Down, But Not Out, Wayne Mack brings biblical counsel to people suffering from worry or spiritual burnout—two major problems that knock us down. Other chapters treat “downers” such as self-pity, discontentment, discouragement, perplexity, and hopelessness.
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“This book is greatly needed and immensely helpful. There is a supernatural way to overpower trouble, to live in contentment with a deep down peace and an unassailable joy. Every believer can enjoy triumph in trouble. In fact, that is what God wants for us. Wayne Mack shows us how.”
—John MacArthur
Humility: The Forgotten Virtue co-authored with Joshua Mack | 184 pages | $10.99
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Most sins turn us away from God, but pride is a direct attack upon God. It lifts our hearts above him and against him. Pride seeks to dethrone God and enthrone itself. How can Christians fight against this sin and develop genuine humility?
In this helpful book, Wayne Mack guides readers through Scripture and shows us how we can take steps to develop humility and diminish the destructive pride in our lives. Readers will find here a resource that is practical, well illustrated, and relevant to their lives.
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“It’s always with confidence and joy that I recommend Wayne Mack’s books. He’s so thorough and so thoroughly biblical that, when you read them, you know that you’ve just spent valuable time with our Lord and his powerful Word.”
—Elyse Fitzpatrick
A Fight to the Death: Taking Aim at Sin Within co-authored with Joshua Mack | 184 pages | $12.99
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Too few Christians are aware that they are in a fight to the death! Mack explores the seriousness of sin and where it will lead us. He also shows the necessity of fighting against it and presents a biblical method of killing the sin within us.
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“With the exegetical precision of John Owen and the practical animation of John Bunyan, Wayne Mack and Joshua Mack make one of the most neglected and misunderstood doctrines today— the mortification of sin—accessible and livable. No pastor, church leader, or member can afford to ignore this title!”
—Jerry Marcellino, Pastor and moderator of the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE)
Sweethearts for a Lifetime: Making the Most of Your Marriage co-authored with Carol Mack | 304 pages | $14.99
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This biblical, practical book, from the author of the best-selling Strengthening Your Marriage, will help couples restore warmth and vitality to their marriages. Written both for newlyweds and for those who have long been married, Sweethearts for a Lifetime will certainly become a classic for years to come.
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“Sweethearts for a Lifetime roots marriage in Christ and the gospel, and in separate sections devoted to men and women it identifies the callings God has clearly given them in Scripture. This book bears reading and rereading by couples together!”
—Tedd Tripp, Pastor, author, conference speaker
Life in the Father’s House, Revised and Expanded: A Member’s Guide to the Local Church coauthored with David Swavely | 288 pages | $12.99
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This book introduces us to the meaning of church membership, the traits of a good church, and how we are to function as parts of the body. Written for laypeople, it includes practical discussions on church leadership, male and female roles, worship, spiritual gifts, confrontation, unity, and prayer. Revised and expanded with study questions and new conclusions.
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“Life in the Father’s House is simply the best book to give new members of an evangelical, local church. Indeed, it is the best book to give new Christians in general as they seek to understand how to live and love the Lord and others within the body of Christ.”
—Lance Quinn
It’s Not Fair!: Finding Hope When Times Are Tough coauthored with Deborah Howard | 160 pages | $11.99
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Sometimes things shake us. Sometimes we lose the things that we think are most solid and stable. Sometimes the things that we value—the things we count on for safety and satisfaction—are ripped away from us.
Nothing is more damaging to us spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and behaviorally than responding to the unpleasant, unwanted, and (in our judgment) undeserved circumstances of life with the “it’s not fair” attitude. It eats away at us like cancer or leprosy. It is a killer that destroys our joy, hope, faith, love, and usefulness for Christ.
Knowing God on a deep level—knowing who and what he is and having a knowledge of his character—has great practical value in helping us handle the denials, refusals, and frightening and painful circumstances that we inevitably face in life. Wayne Mack shows us how to keep a true knowledge of God on the front burner of our minds and hearts in order to keep us from responding to the unpleasant and unwanted experiences of life with the thought—and perhaps even the words—”It’s not fair.”
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“With wonderful insight and clarity, Wayne Mack explores the difficult issue of how to reconcile God’s justice with His sovereignty. He shines the bright light of Scripture on some of the toughest questions of all and then carefully explores the answers in a way that is easy to follow and truly helpful.”
—John MacArthur
In-Laws: Married with Parents | 48 pages | $4.99 | Resources for Biblical Living series
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Books on Christian marriage abound—thousands so far! You may have read many, covering every facet of marriage imaginable. Except one: in-laws.
Best-selling author Wayne Mack provides straightforward biblical guidance to both couples and parents, and he includes several appendixes to help assess the state of your in-law relationships.
The Resources for Biblical Living booklet series addresses a wide range of practical life issues in a straightforward, down-to-earth, and most of all, biblical manner.
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“. . . one of the most heated arguments in a marriage can be over in-laws. This booklet is a must read for anyone who wants biblical answers in handling the issue of in-laws in a Christlike way.”
—John Street
Maximum Impact: Living and Loving for God’s Glory | 334 pages | $17.99 | SAMPLE CHAPTER
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Do you wonder how you can . . . increase the impact you have on others? Strengthen your love for those around you? Make a powerful difference for Christ?
If so, this helpful book by Wayne Mack is especially for you. Maximum Impact will tell you exactly how to make an impact for Christ in a way that is simple, yet profound. Drawn from Dr. Mack’s lifetime of loving, compassionate ministry, this book will help you increase your effectiveness in every aspect of life.
With a special emphasis on 1 Corinthians 13, Maximum Impact will help you approach this “love chapter” with a newfound appreciation. Very practical and well illustrated, it includes application, study, and discussion questions so that you can put into practice what you have learned . . . and learn you will! Your friends, family, and colleagues will notice the change in you as you become more filled with love and more effective in your ministry every day.
So read and learn how to live and love for God’s glory. Spiritual fruit has never been sweeter.
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“Full of practical stories, clear practical application, and most importantly of all, Scriptures explained in their context.”
—Martha Peace
Preparing for Marriage God’s Way: A Step-by-Step Guide for Marriage Success Before and After the Wedding | 288 pages | $16.99 | SAMPLE CHAPTER
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Preparing for Marriage God’s Way is a marriage counseling resource that uses thoughtful self-examination to reveal the personalities, background, and expectations that you and your partner are bringing to your union. Through rigorous Bible study, you will learn about God’s expectations for marriage and be equipped with His solutions for dealing with typical marriage conflicts. Three follow-up lessons after your wedding help you to reflect on all that’s happened after you said, “I do.”
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“Oh, the problems that could be prevented if couples anticipating marriage worked their way through this book with a caring Christian prior to the wedding ceremony! Wayne Mack’s knowledge both of the Scriptures and of marital problem solving is evident in the order of topics; the clear, practical teaching; and the application assignments.”
—Randy Patten, Executive Director, National Association of Nouthetic Counselors
God’s Solutions to Life’s Problems: Radical Change by the Power of God co-authored with Joshua Mack | 384 pages | $16.99 | SAMPLE CHAPTER
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Where can we possibly find unfailing answers to our problems?
Not in ourselves. Not in the world. Only God can diagnose our condition and equip us for real, lasting change. Wayne and Joshua Mack show how we can flee temptation, break free of sin, and live our lives as overcomers.
This book can be used for individual growth, for group study, or for homework assignments for those in counseling.
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“Wayne and Joshua Mack teach us about an intentional and carefully lived life, about lifelong immersion in Scripture, about utter reliance on the grace and power of the Holy Spirit, about vigilant self-examination and willing self-denial, about devotion to Jesus Christ whole and simple.”
—David Powlison, Executive Director, Christian Counseling and Education Foundation; Editor, The Journal of Biblical Counseling
Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear co-authored with Joshua Mack | 304 pages | $16.99 | SAMPLE CHAPTER
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells us to fear God, but our lives show where our true fears lie. Warping the shape of our lives from day to day, sinful, controlling fear also paralyzes us spiritually: we’re afraid to obey or trust God in the circumstances that scare us, and we care more about what others think of us than what God thinks.
Here the Macks encourage you to embrace the fear that is good for you—showing how the fear of God drives out all other fears and laying the groundwork for a strong foundation for courage in every situation.
This book can be used for individual growth and development, for group study, or for homework assignments for those in counseling.
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“If you are one of those professing Christians whose most significant struggle is fear, you’ve now found in this book a treasure trove of biblical teaching that can wonderfully liberate you.”
—Lance Quinn, Pastor, Grace Advance at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California
Anger and Stress Management God’s Way | 144 pages | $14.99 | SAMPLE CHAPTER
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Anger and stress affect each of us every day—even if we aren’t feeling them ourselves, we come into contact with people who are. But their commonplace nature shouldn’t cause us to shrug them away. Anger and stress are both destroyers, and they must be controlled before they bring devastating harm.
Mack exhorts us: “You don’t have to be overcome and destroyed by ungodly anger or stress. By God’s grace, you can be an overcomer.”
Of all the resources available to us, the Bible contains the most trustworthy and helpful guidance on how to handle ungodly anger and stress. Internationally respected and experienced biblical counselor Wayne Mack shows how to turn to God’s Word to find help, explaining principles that can be adopted for lasting positive change.
Includes study questions and evaluation materials.
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“For those who struggle with anger and those who labor to help, this volume is a must-read. Every biblical counselor should own a copy and have it at the ready.”
—Daniel Kirk, Director of Calvary Bible Counseling Ministries
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