List Books » Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
Authors: Gary L. Thomas
ISBN-13: 9780310242826, ISBN-10: 0310242827
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Zondervan
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: Reprint
Gary Thomas is a writer in residence at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct faculty member teaching on spiritual formation at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of several books, including Sacred Marriage, Sacred Pathways, Pure Pleasure, Sacred Parenting, and the Gold Medallion Award-winning Authentic Faith.
Gary Thomas esta cambiando la manera en que los cristianos miren la union y la crianza de los hijos. Este reconocido autor ensena en Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon. Sus libros y su ministerio enfatizan la formacion espiritual y en como podemos integrar la Escritura, la historia de la iglesia y la sabiduria probada de las obras clasicas cristianas para transformar nuestra experiencia moderna. El ministerio como conferencista de Gary, lo ha llevado por todos los Estados Unidos y por diferentes paises. Tambien ha participado en numerosos programas de television y radio nacionales, incluyendo 'Enfoque a la familia' y 'La vida de la familia hoy'. el, su esposa y sus hijos residen en Bellingham, Washington.
Starting with the discovery that the goal of marriage goes beyond personal happiness, writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites readers to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to love him more and reflect more of the character of his Son.
1. | The Greatest Challenge in the World: A Call to Holiness More Than Happiness | 11 |
2. | Finding God in Marriage: Marital Analogies Teach Us Truths About God | 27 |
3. | Learning to Love: How Marriage Teaches Us to Love | 39 |
4. | Holy Honor: Marriage Teaches Us to Respect Others | 53 |
5. | The Soul's Embrace: Good Marriage Can Foster Good Prayer | 73 |
6. | The Cleansing of Marriage: How Marriage Exposes Our Sin | 89 |
7. | Sacred History: Building the Spiritual Discipline of Perseverance | 103 |
8. | Sacred Struggle: Embracing Difficulty in Order to Build Character | 127 |
9. | Falling Forward: Marriage Teaches Us to Forgive | 153 |
10. | Make Me a Servant: Marriage Can Build in Us a Servant's Heart | 179 |
11. | Sexual Saints: Marital Sexuality Can Provide Spiritual Insights and Character Development | 199 |
12. | Sacred Presence: How Marriage Can Make Us More Aware of God's Presence | 227 |
13. | Sacred Mission: Marriage Can Develop Our Spiritual Calling, Mission, and Purpose | 247 |
Epilogue: The Holy Couple | 265 | |
Notes | 269 |