In The Beginning It Was Not So: Seven Marriage Lessons Learned In The Garden, teaches seven marriage lessons from the Garden of Eden that provide great guidance on the principles of marriage success, as designed by God, in the beginning. This book is an inspired work that will give you a glimpse into the Designer’s (God) intent for marriage. As it was in the beginning. Encompassed into seven marriage lessons, Terry and Carol uncover what the Designer revealed in these truths through Adam and Eve’s story, solidifying the biblical knowledge of marriage’s foundation. This book will offer readers insight into God’s intentions for marriage and how we have missed following those in today’s times.

Most couples say they have not had a good biblical role model of a healthy, God-honoring marriage to follow. In this book couples will now have such a model to look to in developing a healthy, loving, mutually satisfying, God-centered marriage relationship.

This Discussion Guide is written as an additional resource to the book, In the Beginning It Was Not So – Seven Marriage Lessons Learned in the Garden. The Discussion Guide provides groups, couples, and individuals a way to explore and discuss the seven key learnings emanating from the Garden of Eden. These lessons provide magnificent truths revealed in the beginning that can heal and advance all marriage relationships. Continue through this Guide and discover what the Designer (God) intended the marriage relationship to really be. Divorce was not the ideal option then nor the expectation. Unfortunately, it has become so in recent times; but in this Guide we will discover why, “in the beginning, it was not so.” This Discussion Guide provides a recap of the pertinent truths of each lesson. It offers several discussion questions to not just provide information, but also the transformation of the heart, thought, and mind. Each lesson in this Guide also provides exercises and activities that can be used individually, as a couple, or as a group to further solidify the truths uncovered.