A Cord of Three Strands: Three Centuries of Christian Love Letters

by Diana Lynn Severance

Overview

Follow the love stories of those who served in public positions such as soldiers; martyrs; and pastors through the letters they wrote to their loved ones. However marriage is not purely about the husband and wife; there is another strand which is vital. Marriage is a gift from God and a most important factor in the strength of that marriage is the love we have for the Giver of that gift. There are: Thomas J. and Mary Anna Jackson; John and Margaret Winthrop; Henry Martyn and Lydia Grenfell; Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maria von Wedemeyer; Christopher and Margaret Love; John and Mary Newton; Charles and Susannah Spurgeon
Read in this book love letters which encourage us to stick close to Christ and the importance of having him as the third strand in our relationships particularly in the face of life-threatening adversity!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845509507
Publisher:	Christian Focus Publications
Publication date:	05/20/2012
Series:	Focus for Women
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Diana Lynn Severance has broad experience teaching history in universities and seminaries, She is a Director of the Dunham Bible Museum at Houston Baptist University, (www.hbu.edu/biblemuseum) and is the author of Feminine Threads: Women in the Tapestry of Christian History.

Table of Contents

Maps

'Stonewall' Jackson's Virginia 8

Places in Britain Associated with John Winthrop, Henry Martyn, John Newton, and Charles Spurgeon 8

Travels of John Newton and Henry Martyn 9

Key Places in Bonhoeffer's Germany 9

Prologue 11

1 Thomas J. and Mary Anna Jackson 19

2 John and Margaret Winthrop 47

3 Henry Martyn and Lydia Grenfell 85

4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maria von Wedemeyer 127

5 Christopher and Mary Love 163

6 John and Mary Newton 169

7 Charles and Susannah Spurgeon 201

Picture Acknowlegments 217