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Customer Reviews for Dutton Adult The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Dutton Adult The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Are you and your spouse struggling to keep your marriage alive? You'll welcome Pastor Keller's wise insights about love and commitment. Drawing from his sermons, he frankly discusses difficulties couples experience and shows how God's Word can provide a blueprint for a healthy, loving, and lifelong relationship. Perfect for couples, those preparing for marriage, pastors, and counselors. Hardcover.
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Customer Reviews for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Review 1 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Best marriage book I've read!
Date:February 28, 2013
Jean Valjean
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Time Keller's book is a very thorough look at marriage. It's not just a "this is what you do to have a better marriage" book, although if you apply what you learn your marriage will certainly improve. It looks at marriage from a biblical perspective - highly recommended!
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Review 2 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Encouraging insights
Date:January 30, 2013
NEHL
Location:Alaska
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Heard the author on Focus on the Family and am just as gratified with the insights in his book. Thank you.
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Review 3 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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A great read
Date:December 17, 2012
EJan
Location:Calgary, AB
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This book provides an incredibly accurate picture of today's popular views of marriage. On the one hand, people despair and think it is impossible to commit and stay married for life and on the other hand, people glorify marriage unrealistically, seeing it as a passion-fest, for the purpose of personal gratification and achievement of goals. Keller meets both of these extremes with a biblical view of marriage that upholds its divine purpose without glorifying it as the ultimate happiness. An excellent read for singles, dating, and married individuals.
This book has shaped my thinking and relationships and identified areas where I was holding onto a culturally shaped view of marriage over God's view of marriage.
This book has shaped my thinking and relationships and identified areas where I was holding onto a culturally shaped view of marriage over God's view of marriage.
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Review 4 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Excellent book on Christian relationships!
Date:September 25, 2012
marty22
Location:West Palm Beach, FL
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Excellent book! I would suggest this book to anyone whether married, getting married, or even single individuals! Great insight into how a Christian relationship should be and how as dating or married, you can really have an impact on each others lives! Love this book!
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Review 5 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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This is the best book I have read on marriage.
Date:September 19, 2012
Chuck
Location:Fairport, NY
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Why is marriage so important? Why does it matter? What does the Bible teach about the most intimate of all human relationships? This is not your typical "how to make your marriage better" book. What Timothy and Kathy Keller address, is why marriage, as God designed it, is so special. They confront the questions being asked today when marriage is degraded, devalued or ridiculed in our culture. They address why marriage must be legal (a piece of paper does matter), the value of the marriage covenant, and how this effects every day life. This is an outstanding and encouraging book for singles, newly married or seasoned couples.
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Review 6 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Fantastic
Date:September 4, 2012
Erik
Age:18-24
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This was such a great book, it tells you the good and bad of Marriage, i read it with my girlfriend and we haven't been able to find one that comes close since. a fantastic resource and insight for us as we are headed for marriage and looking to focus and learn more before the big day!
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Review 7 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Great Book on Biblical Marriage
Date:March 21, 2012
MGJ4
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This is a book every Christian couple should read before marriage and keep reading after marriage. This is a book that should be passed on to our children in each generation as a guide for their dating and marriage. Dr. Keller combines scripture from OT and NT with personal, real life examples and clear explanations of how God's design for marriage parrallels our union with Christ when we become new creations in Christ. Both mark the point where "two become one", and these are the only two relationships that scripture describes in this manner. Thank you, Dr. Keller for another fine book that points so well to THE BOOK.
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Review 8 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Best book I have ever read on marriage
Date:January 11, 2012
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In the Meaning of Marriage, Tim and his wife Kathy step back from American Fairytale-ism and offer a rational, yet beautiful picture of marriage. I have read several books on marriage and none compare to this. What happens to your marriage when the initial butterflies disappear? For most, this is when the marriage begins to fall apart. Keller offers a different outcome. For the Christian, once the butterflies fade, it inaugurates a beautiful walk, hand and hand with your spouse. Longevity creates stability, and joy is the result. The Kellers offer over against an American understanding of marriage its Christian counterpart. I have never before read a book that diagnosed America’s understanding of marriage so well. The Kellers almost seem prophetic in their diagnosis of America. As a surgeon with a steady scalpel, the Kellers cut away all the hidden cancer which plague our understanding of marriage. Keller critiques several false notations that haunt most youth groups and college ministries. One of those notations that Keller offers a critique to is that you must be satisfied in God alone before He will bring you a spouse. I found the most helpful diagnosis and critique to be his critique of the idea a person must be compatible with you before you should marry them. The purpose of marriage is change. This change is a change, which transforms you into the likeness of Christ. The spouse that you said, “I do” to, should not be the spouse that you are married to now. When considering a spouse you should not make our decision based whether he/she are compatible to you or not. You should look for someone that you can see God working in their life and who you would like to join in that journey with him/her. The Kellers also revive the importance of marriage as a covenant rather than a contract. Contracts can be broken. Covenants on the other hand, entail more than promises to stay together. Covenants call for faithfulness, love, long suffering, patience, pursuit of one another, ect. My only critique of the book is in their explanation of gender roles. At times it became confusing as to their position. Kathy opens her chapter by arguing for a complentarian view of gender roles within marriage. Kathy at times seems to distort the line between the two positions. Tim and Kathy Keller’s Meaning of Marriage is unquestioned the best book I have read on marriage. Buy this book and share it with everyone that you can.
Book Review:
Meaning of Marriage
By Tim and Kathy Keller
Publisher: Dutton (Penguin Publishing)
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 552
Binding Type: Paperback
Book Grade: A+
Book Review:
Meaning of Marriage
By Tim and Kathy Keller
Publisher: Dutton (Penguin Publishing)
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 552
Binding Type: Paperback
Book Grade: A+
~Reformed Reader~
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Review 9 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Great book! Strengthening our marriage.
Date:January 9, 2012
OkieInCO
Location:Colorado Springs, CO
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We've only just begun, but we love the insight Keller gives in this book. We will be recommending it to all our friends, single, newlywed and seasoned married couples, alike!
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Review 10 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Excellent.
Date:January 6, 2012
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One of the last chapters was very heavy with reasearch analysis but overall the book was very informative and helpful. It is a book I would recommend to any adult with hopeful expectations of marraige someday or those already married. I will be recommending it to my own children as they come to the contemplation of marriage.
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Review 11 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Must Read for both Singles and Married
Date:November 28, 2011
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Tim and Kathy Keller provide us a great resource for the Biblical Theology of Marriage. As a pastor of a church with a demographic of 80% single adults we find that Keller has a great opportunity and need to research and teach on the subject of marriage. His congregation obviously will be thinking about marriage and thinking about whether or not it is a cultural covenant or a Biblical covenant.
Keller bases his book on a series of messages that he first gave in 1991, but he has refined those messages over the years and delivered them many times. So, with the background of 37 years of marriage and the many years of counseling others and preaching about marriage he has a profound sense of what our culture, especially our Western Evangelical Church culture, needs to hear. He has taken his messages, refined them and added pertinent data from Christian and secular sources to provide us a great book.
Don't neglect to look at his bibliography and download some of the articles that he mentions in the book.
Each chapter builds on the previous one. Maybe the best chapter happens to be Chapter Six, Embracing the Other. It is written by Kathy and does a great job of defining the roles of men and women (husbands and wives) in the marriage relationship based on Ephesians 5. It is nice to hear from a woman's perspective how those roles are defined and best played out in marriage. Kathy gives good insights and lots of good information that I plan to incorporate into my pre-marital counseling situations.
Chapter seven deals with Singleness and is just as profound as chapter six on providing good and sometimes very new thoughts on how the Bible relates to marriage. Given the fact that Redeemer Church has 80% single adults this chapter is well researched, well written and comes with lots of experience behind it. This is a wonderful chapter. Chapter eight deals with the topic of sex and has great information.
This book is a must read for any couple thinking of marriage or for any Christian Counselor who is dealing with people and their marriage issues.
Finally, the best principle for me from the book was on page 168 when Keller states that the most powerful tool in any marriage partners arsenal is the gift of "Forgiveness!" That is absolutely true and something that many people forget about. If you have the ability to love your partner, forgive your partner and seek forgiveness from your partner you will succeed in marriage.
Well, enough said, stop reading reviews of the book and just buy it, you won't be disappointed.
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Review 12 for The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
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Date:November 14, 2011
HalH
Location:Fresno, CA
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Another great book by one of my favorite authors. I'm half way through and have been recommending it to my friends. Everyone will benefit from the clear teaching whether you've been married for many years or just starting married life.
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