9The truth is, we are either in good and healthy relationships or we are in relationships that are "dangerous," and we must know how to distance ourselves from such relationships. This book promises to show the reader just how powerful relationships can be, whether one is in a healthy relationship or in an unhealthy relationship. I highly recommend that you, the reader, will take the time to examine the contents of this very readable, thoughtful, biblically based, and insightful treasure that Dr. Fowler has taken the time to prepare. No matter where you are in your relationships, I promise you that you will be greatly helped and informed as you prepare to examine your own relationships. Thank you, Dr. Fowler, for your godly wisdom, Spirit-filled exposition, and loving heart, as you have written a wonderful and very badly needed manuscript on relationships in today's culture. May God grant you much favor as this well-written book is communicated with the American public. -Wayne C. Cooper, Lincoln Avenue Christian Church, Pasadena, California Dr. Robert E. Fowler has blessed the body of Christ with an incredible tool to equip small groups in our congregations to mend broken and bruised relationships. Our nation's health is dependent upon our relationships being made whole. Our families' survival is dependent upon relationships being restored. Our individual spiritual health is dependent upon our being reconciled to God through Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:18). As Dr. Fowler stated, "Why is it] so vitally important to understand as we study the power of relationships in our lives? If we do not comprehend our true relationship with God the Father, we are going to find it difficult to become all He has called us to be during our 'walk' with Him on the earth." If God had wanted something other than a family, He would have had us to call Him something other than "Father" (Matthew 6:9). Inasmuch as we call Him Father, that makes all of us sisters and brothers. And as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, "We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools." A serious study together of this book would help us toward strengthening our relationship with God and each other. Both are vitally important. -William Dwight McKissic, Sr., Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Arlington, TX. Dr. Robert Fowler is Pastor of Victory Church in Reno, Nevada. Under his leadership, Victory has become the church where the Lord is lifted and the Word is learned. God has breathed and continues to breath a dynamic, electrifying atmosphere in the life of the church. Victory is a church that empowers people to live a life of victory and influences others to do the same.