Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel

Author: Ray Ortlund
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433546906
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
"This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church." — Ephesians 5:32 Marriage reveals something of eternal significance. From the beginning, God designed marriage to convey a greater reality—the passionate, unfailing, redeeming love of God for sinners, the eternal romance between Christ and his bride. In this volume, Ray Ortlund traces marriage throughout Scripture—from the first marriage in the garden of Eden to the ultimate marriage in the book of Revelation—laying out a transcendent vision of marriage that dignifies our own imperfect unions as a display of the gospel. This book offers insight and hope to every married person today. Part of the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series.

Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel

Author: Ray Ortlund
Publisher: Short Studies in Biblical Theology
ISBN: 9781433546877
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
By laying out a cosmic vision of marriage as the Bible teaches from Genesis to Revelation, this volume honors and exalts marriage as a grand display of the gospel, offering hope for our marriages today.

The Mystery of Marriage

Author: Mike Mason
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 9781576737798
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In his now-classic volume, offered for the first time in trade paperback, Mike Mason makes a poetic search for understanding of the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason muses on everyday miracles within marriage, and frankly addresses the demands to self which true oneness requires. "A marriage is not a joining of two worlds," says the author, "but an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one might be formed." Rich chapters on "Otherness," "Vows," "Intimacy," "Sex," and "Submission," lift readers above the mundane in coupledom to view the eternal, spiritual nature of setting out on this faith-filled, "impossible," wild -- yet wonderful -- frontier.

Toward a Biblical Theology of Marriage

Author: Ernest D. Martin
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498272320
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Does the Bible provide a construct for marriage that is relevant for a confused world? This book reflects a pastor's conviction that biblical revelation culminating in Christ does speak to the issues and potentials for marriage in such a world. By focusing on what the biblical vocabulary of marriage, from Genesis to Revelation, may reveal of the Creator-Redeemer's intent for marriage, Ernest D. Martin develops a Christological paradigm for marriage that is consistent and applicable. Pastors, teachers, and counselors will find biblical faith perspectives useful in responding to the challenges and opportunities they face in the several phases of marital relationships. This short book will greatly benefit anyone seriously concerned with what the Bible says about marriage.

The Gospel & Marriage

Author: Russell D. Moore
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433690438
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
While the culture has never been more confused about the definition of what marriage is, those who are married have never been more hopeless about how marriage should be lived. The times have never been more crucial for digging deeper, past the definition of marriage to the structure of marriage, the blessings of marriage, and the opportunity for living out the image of the gospel that’s embodied within marriage.

The Meaning of Marriage

Author: Timothy Keller
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 1594631875
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Describes what marriage should be according to the Bible, arguing that marriage is a tool to bring individuals closer to God, and provides meaningful instruction on how to have a successful marriage.

An Impossible Marriage

Author: Laurie Krieg
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830847944
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 231

Book Description
Laurie and Matt Krieg are in a mixed-orientation marriage: Laurie is primarily attracted to women—and so is Matt. With vulnerability and wisdom, they tell the story of how they met and got married, the challenges and breakthroughs of their journey, and what they've learned about how marriage is meant to point us to the love and grace of Jesus.

Marriage

Author: David Engelsma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936054510
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Although this book's controversial contention that marriage is an unbreakable bond for life gets the most attention today...the book is a mainly positive explanation and application of the Bible's teaching about marriage in all of marriage's aspects... Marriage...is a Reformed pastor's instruction and exhortation to married couples, especially young married couples, with the purpose that they glorify God in their marriages and enjoy the bliss of this blessed communion of life.The timeliness of the book is evident simply from the rate of divorce, not alone in North America in the early twenty-first century, but also in Reformed churches throughout the world...The second section is a history of the church's doctrine and practice of marriage from Augustine and the early church through Calvin and the Reformation to the contemporary chaos.

Rich Wounds

Author: David Mathis
Publisher: The Good Book Company
ISBN: 1784986887
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Profound reflections on the cross that help you to meditate on and marvel at the sacrificial love of Jesus. This book can be used as a devotional, especially during Lent and Easter. These profound reflections on the cross from David Mathis, author of The Christmas We Didn’t Expect, will help you to meditate on and marvel at Jesus’ life, sacrificial death, and spectacular resurrection-enabling you to treasure anew who Jesus is and what he has done. Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This book will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won: “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) This book can be used as a devotional. The chapters on Holy Week make it especially helpful during the Lent season and at Easter.

The Mystery of Love & Marriage

Author: Father George H Shalhoub
Publisher: St. Mary Press
ISBN: 9781600478901
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
The mystery of love and marriage unveils itself through our everyday relationships. The invisible becomes visible in our daily reality. Father George H. Shalhoub, founder of the Antiochian Orthodox Basilica of St. Mary in Livonia, MI, is an associate professor at Madonna University, where he has taught marriage and family for 25 years, and a faculty member teaching the art of pastoral and liturgical practice at the Antiochian House of Studies in Legionnaire, PA. He received his doctor of ministry from the Graduate Theological Institute (IN), M.A. in theological studies from St. John Provincial Catholic Seminary (MI), and B.S. from Eastern Michigan University. For 10 years, he served as a governor-appointed member of the Michigan Mental Health Advisory Board.