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.