Your Marriage by God's Design
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0758643799 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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How are Christians to start, or keep, marriage as God intends? How are God's children to respond when the picture of Christ and His Church is portrayed as a cultural institution open to anyone s interpretation and traditional marriage is openly mocked as irrelevant? In Your Marriage by God s Design, authors Scott and Julie Stiegemeyer show that God has not left us directionless but instead has a beautiful plan and purpose His design for marriage, for your marriage.Each chapter is filled with straightforward biblical insights, calling for the restoration of the purpose and dignity of ma
Todd A. Peperkorn said What a gift!. Marriage books are a dime a dozen. Walk into any Christian bookstore and you will find rows upon rows of "how-to" books that essentially are all Law, Law, Law.This book is not that. It seeks to ask the question, What IS marriage? It works with the premise that God created marriage, and that it is a gift from Him to be received, not a piece of play-dough to be manipulated and shape. "A straightforward primer on marriage." according to Todd Wilken. This is not yet another "how to" manual for marriage. This is a "what is" primer on marriage as God's idea and God's gift. Scott and Julie Stiegemeyer's "Your Marriage by God's Design" roots the gift of marriage in the Biblical account of creation and its theology, expands on a Cross-centered idea of love, and comprehends the thoroughly Lutheran insight that Christian parenthood s. "Presents a Biblical View of Marriage" according to Laura Langley. In Your Marriage by God’s Design, authors Scott and Julie Stiegemeyer boldly go where not many dare to go, addressing and upholding the countercultural and biblical ideal of marriage. Basically, the authors encourage readers to “let God’s Word shape your perspectives on love and family” rather than giving in to cultural influences.Your Marriage by God&rsquo
Julie Stiegemeyer is a regular author for CPH having written several children s books, Sunday School and curriculum pieces, and regularly returning as a contributor to Portals of Prayer. He is the author of numerous articles many on the intersection of culture and the theology and practice of the church, and of the book United in Christ: Preparation for Christian Marriage (CPH 2010). Since their wedding day over 20 years ago,
Since their wedding day over 20 years ago, Ecclesiastes 4:12 has served as a reminder that the Lord is the third cord binding them together in Christian love and forgiveness. He is the author of numerous articles many on the intersection of culture and the theology and practice of the church, and of the book United in Christ: Preparation for Christian Marriage (CPH 2010). About the Author Scott Stiegemeyer is pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, Illinois. Julie Stiegemeyer is a regular author for CPH having written several children s books, Sunday School and curriculum pieces, and regularly returning as