Marriage: The Mystery of Christ and the Church
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Although this book’s controversial contention that marriage is an unbreakable bond for life gets the most attention today, the book is a mainly positive explanation and application of the Bible’s teaching about marriage in all of marriage’s aspects. Marriage is a Reformed pastor’s instruction and exhortation to married couples, especially young married couples, with the purpose that they glorify God in their marriages and enjoy the bliss of this blessed communion of life. The second section is a history of the church’s doctrine and practice of marriage from Augustine and the early church through Calvin and the Reformation to the contemporary chaos.
Author: David J. Engelsma
ISBN: 9781936054510 | Paperback | 256 pages
Fundamentally, Marriage: The Mystery of Christ and the Church is a Reformed pastor's instruction and exhortation to married couples, especially young married couples, with the purpose that they glorify God in their marriages and enjoy the bliss of this blessed communion of life.
The timeliness of the book is evident simply from the rate of divorce, not alone in North America in the early twenty-first century, but also in Reformed churches throughout the world. This abominable rate of divorce is the rate of the public shaming of God; the rate of the uniquely painful misery of those who divorce, as of their children; and the rate of the accursed breakup of covenant families.
The previous edition of the book had the subtitle The Covenant-Bond in Scripture and History to reflect the second section, a history of the church's doctrine and practice of marriage from Augustine and the early church through Calvin and the Reformation to the contemporary chaos. This edition drops the subtitle, but the historical section remains,
This is one of those books that you wish could be put into the
hands of every married couple and those contemplating marriage, ..lf the contents of this book were put into practice, society would become more Stable and broken homes would be few and far between.
The Gospel Witness
...one of the finest among the flood of such books flowing off
the presses. .. The book [has] a theological depth and seriousness often lacking in non- Reformed books on this subject.
Reformed Herald
A book that says many biblical things about sext children, family, the mystery of marriage. Recommended for laypersons and
preachers alike.
The Reformed Journal
This book does faithfully reflect the teachings of God's Word on
marriage.
The Banner
A pastor, husband, and father speaks of marriage and its relationships in terms that few want to hear today-even in the church.
Moody
...there is much to be learned from this book for it touches upon much where the rubber hits the road in marriage. The chapters 'The Christian Man as Husband' and 'The Christian Woman as Wife' serve as excellent mirrors and may also serve the reader to discover where he or she fails in honouring the special God-designed role in marriage.
Thowel and Sword
If ever there is a book which is vital reading for the church in our day, it is this one... This book is essential reading. ..and particularly should it be part of the staple diet offered to young people contemplating marriage... [This book] challenged my views on the vexed subject of divorce and remarriage. .. [it] also caused me to re-examine my whole attitude to marriage in general and my own marriage in particular, and to re-appraise my role as husband, lover and head of the family.
British Reformed Journal
...Engelsma's book is ideal for any who has an interest in the subject... Ministers, elders, deacons, husbands, wives, parents, young people, and engaged couples, especially engaged couples, should read it. They will do so with life-long profit.
The Tamar Reformed Witness
...Engelsma. ..provides what may well be the clearest expression
of God's heart on the matter of marriage in print today, In simple, readable form, the author sets out the biblical view of marriage.
The Standard Bearer
...Engelsma...presents a rich, biblically based view of marriage.
New Oxford Review
