A Model for Marriage: Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and IntimacyInterVarsity Press, 2006 M10 5 - 213 pages Jack and Judy Balswick offer a vision of marriage that is both profoundly spiritual and thoroughly practical. Drawing insight from Christian theology and from social science research, the Balswicks bring together their years of teaching, writing and being married to each other to produce a book of faith and wisdom for facing the challenge of marriage in the twenty-first century. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
L | 15 |
2 | 26 |
The Greatest of These Is Love | 38 |
5 | 63 |
6 | 73 |
7 | 82 |
8 | 95 |
The Fertilizer of Growth | 118 |
11 | 136 |
An Elaborate Balancing | 153 |
OneFlesh Mystery | 164 |
MARITAL SPIRITUALITY | 181 |
194 | |
207 | |
COMMUNICATION CONNECTION COMMUNION | 109 |
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