Loading…

Christian Marriage: A Comprehensive Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

Why should we care about marriage? There is a lot of confusion about the purpose of marriage today—outside the church as well as within it. Written by a distinguished Christian sociologist, Christian Marriage is a theologically rich, biblically robust, and sociologically informed treatise on the nature and value of marriage. Drawing on recent social science research, empirical data, and social...

children of our heavenly Father, his sons and daughters (cf. Rom 8:14, 16; 9:8, 26; Gal 3:26; John 1:12; 11:52; 2 Cor 6:18; Heb 2:10, 13; 1 John 3:1–2, 10; Rev 21:7). Though we must be careful not to treat it flippantly, Christ regards us as his friends (John 15:13–15), and brethren (Mark 3:34; Rom 8:29; Heb 2:11). It is sublime and wonderful that God calls us to be his children, friends, and brethren. Yet the preeminent relationship, affirmed gloriously here in the book of Revelation and elsewhere
Page 347