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- Cover Type:
- 160 Pages
- Publisher: Crossway
- Publication Date: June 2022
- ISBN: FVAN__DIE___GOSPELSHAPEDMARRIAGE9781433580710
Gospel-Shaped Marriage: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints
A Gracious, Biblical Model for Marriage
Married Christians, and those preparing for marriage, know that they're sinners--and that their sin threatens God's great purposes for their union, including mutual support, companionship, and intimacy. But how often do believers recognize that they are also saints, equipped through God's power to create a healthy, loving marriage?
In Gospel-Shaped Marriage, Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn encourage couples with how Christ calls and enables them to love their spouse. They give a brief assessment of the biblical design for marriage while offering practical, proven advice for husbands and wives. Drawing from Scripture and the writings of Puritan minister William Gouge, their advice also prepares churches, friends, and others to support married couples in their lives.
- Comprehensive and Theological: Includes a summary of marriage in redemptive history, recommended Bible verses with each chapter, and prayer prompts
- Accessible: Offers guidance for singles preparing for marriage, young and mature couples, struggling couples, and those who want to strengthen their relationship
- Practical Advice: Written by a pastor and his wife, this concise, easy-to-understand guide includes discussion questions for each chapter
Book Review: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints (challies.com)
Chad Van Dixhoorn (PhD, Cambridge University) is professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary and a former pastor in the United Kingdom and in Virginia. He is the author of Confessing the Faith and God’s Ambassadors.
Emily Van Dixhoorn (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is a stay-at-home mom who leads and loves Bible studies and women’s retreats. Her first publication was a study guide to the book Confessing the Faith, a commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith. Chad and Emily have five children.
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“Over the past few years we have seen a sudden outburst of gospel-driven, gospel-focused, gospel-shaped, and other gospel-hyphenated books. Gospel-Shaped Marriage is among the best of them and, I suspect, among the few that will have some longevity—and that’s because marriage truly is shaped by the gospel since it exists to display the gospel. It combines sound biblical teaching with helpful real-life application and does so in a way that can help change, improve, and perhaps even transform any marriage.”
Tim Challies
challies.com
“We need our local church family to teach us and train us and to remind us of God’s enabling grace. A good marriage is in one respect like a golf swing in that it is not easy but it is straightforward. Only in Jesus do we find freedom from the distortions created by sin, including in our marriages. My wife and I are greatly encouraged by this book. It is a privilege to be able to commend it to you in this way.”
Alistair Begg
From the foreword
“Sometimes the commands and ideals for marriage in the Scriptures can seem so far away from the reality of our relationships. We find our expectations for marriage and our roles as husbands and wives are shaped by many other things than what the Scriptures teach. In Gospel-Shaped Marriage, Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn thoughtfully work their way through pertinent passages with insight and humor, helping readers evaluate their attitudes, expectations, and aims in order to pursue marriages that are shaped by the gospel of grace.”
Nancy Guthrie
Bible teacher; author, Blessed
“You will find this: careful theology, brought to everyday life, with help and advice from Augustine, William Gouge—whom I didn’t know but writes as though he understands modern marriage—and others who thought about these matters long before us, written by a couple whom I deeply respect. Next up for my wife and me: talking about the questions for each chapter.”
Edward T. Welch
Counselor and Faculty Member, Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation
Product Description
A Gracious, Biblical Model for Marriage
Married Christians, and those preparing for marriage, know that they're sinners--and that their sin threatens God's great purposes for their union, including mutual support, companionship, and intimacy. But how often do believers recognize that they are also saints, equipped through God's power to create a healthy, loving marriage?
In Gospel-Shaped Marriage, Chad and Emily Van Dixhoorn encourage couples with how Christ calls and enables them to love their spouse. They give a brief assessment of the biblical design for marriage while offering practical, proven advice for husbands and wives. Drawing from Scripture and the writings of Puritan minister William Gouge, their advice also prepares churches, friends, and others to support married couples in their lives.
- Comprehensive and Theological: Includes a summary of marriage in redemptive history, recommended Bible verses with each chapter, and prayer prompts
- Accessible: Offers guidance for singles preparing for marriage, young and mature couples, struggling couples, and those who want to strengthen their relationship
- Practical Advice: Written by a pastor and his wife, this concise, easy-to-understand guide includes discussion questions for each chapter
Book Review: Grace for Sinners to Love Like Saints (challies.com)
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Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 160 Pages
- Publisher: Crossway
- Publication Date: June 2022
- ISBN: FVAN__DIE___GOSPELSHAPEDMARRIAGE9781433580710