A model for marriage : covenant, grace, empowerment and intimacy /
Balswick, Jack O.
A model for marriage : covenant, grace, empowerment and intimacy / Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2006. - 211 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-206) and indexes.
The dilemma of modern marriage -- A trinitarian model of marriage -- Covenant marriage : the greatest of these is love -- The gracing marriage : grace-full love -- The empowering marriage: mutual empowerment and mutual servanthood -- The intimate marriage: knowing and being known -- Leaving, cleaving and becoming one flesh -- Differentiated unity -- Communication, connection, communion -- Conflict : the fertilizer of growth -- The seasons of marriage -- The dual-earner marriage : an elaborate balancing act -- Sexuality in its splendor : one-flesh mystery -- Marital spirituality.
0830827609 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780830827602 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780830827602
2006020885
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV835 / .B33 2006
261.83581
A model for marriage : covenant, grace, empowerment and intimacy / Jack O. Balswick and Judith K. Balswick. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2006. - 211 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-206) and indexes.
The dilemma of modern marriage -- A trinitarian model of marriage -- Covenant marriage : the greatest of these is love -- The gracing marriage : grace-full love -- The empowering marriage: mutual empowerment and mutual servanthood -- The intimate marriage: knowing and being known -- Leaving, cleaving and becoming one flesh -- Differentiated unity -- Communication, connection, communion -- Conflict : the fertilizer of growth -- The seasons of marriage -- The dual-earner marriage : an elaborate balancing act -- Sexuality in its splendor : one-flesh mystery -- Marital spirituality.
0830827609 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780830827602 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780830827602
2006020885
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV835 / .B33 2006
261.83581