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Held in Honor: Wisdom for Your Marriage from Voices of the Past
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781781916438 |
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Publisher: | Christian Focus Publications |
Publication date: | 09/20/2015 |
Edition description: | Revised |
Pages: | 144 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Matthew D. Haste is Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Director of Professional Doctoral Studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has served in pastoral ministry in Kentucky and South Carolina.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 11
Introduction 13
Patristic Era (c. 100-500)
Love Your Wife: Ignatius of Antioch (d.107) 18
Surviving a Bad Marriage Justin Martyr (100-165) 20
Guard Your Mind The Shepherd of Hernias (c. 150) 22
How Beautiful the Marriage of Two Christians Tertullian (160-220) 24
The Beauty of Purity The Clementine Homilies (c. 250) 26
Marriage and Virginity Athanasius (296-373) 28
Do Not Fight John Chrysostom (347-407) 30
Married to a Merciless Man Augustine of Hippo (354-430) 32
A Patristic Wedding Poem Paulinus of Nola (354-431) 34
The Choice to Marry Ambrosiaster (c. 375) 36
Bear With One Another Opus Imperfeccum (c. 400) 38
Medieval Era (c. 500-1400)
Imitate Christ in Loving Your Spouse Gregory the Great (540-604) 42
One Flesh and One Mind Hugh of St. Victor (1096-1141) 44
Neither Queen Nor Slave Peter Lombard (1100-1160) 46
Christ's Affirmation of Marriage Guibert of Tournai (c. 1200-1284) 48
A Good Wife Bartholomew of England (c. 1203-1272) 50
Commending Marriage Statutes of Salisbury (c. 1217) 52
Should a Man Love His Wife or Parents More? Thomas Aquinas (1225-1275) 54
Become the Kind of Person You Want to Marry Bernadino of Siena (1380-1444) 56
Reformation & Puritan Era (c. 1400-1700)
How to Improve Your Husband Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) 60
What the World Says About Marriage Martin Luther (1483-1546) 62
A Reformation Definition of Marriage Heinrich Bollinger (1504-1575) 64
Peace Leads to Prayer John Calvin (1509-1564) 66
Dearly Beloved The Book of Common Prayer (1559) 68
A Good Wife Is a Gift from God Thomas Gataker (1574-1654) 70
Season Your Actions with Love William Gouge (1575-1653) 72
Guarding Against the Enemy John Milton (1608-1674) 74
To My Dear and Loving Husband Anne Bradstreer (1612-1672) 76
A Puritan's Advice for Getting Along With Your Spouse Richard Baxter (1615-1691) 78
Saying a Final Farewell Sarah Goodhue (1641-1681) 80
The Householder's Psalm Matthew Henry (1662-1714) 82
Early Evangelical Era (c. 1700-1900)
I Hope You Will Lead Me to God Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) 86
Give My Kindest Love to My Dear Wife Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) 88
A Visit with the Edwards Family George Whitefield (1714-1770) 90
A Firmer Basis Henry Venn (1725-1797) 92
The Family as a Preview of Heaven Samuel Stennett (1727-1795) 94
Concern for Newlyweds Esther Edwards Burr (1732-1758) 96
Why God Created the Woman Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) 98
Can You Part With Your Daughter? Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) 100
On Marrying a Minister Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) 102
Modern Era (c. 1900-Present)
Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) 106
Sexuality and Humanity Karl Barth (1886-1968) 108
Your Real Soul Mate J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) 110
We Were Made for God C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) 112
Above All Consider Christ D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) 114
Your Marriage Sustains Your Love Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) 116
Why Promiscuity Is Wrong Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) 118
The Vocation of Marriage Thomas Merton (1915-1968) 120
After the Honeymoon Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) 122
The Beauty of Covenant-Keeping Love John Piper (1946-) 124
Conclusion 127
Appendix: Scriptures for Memorization and Meditation 131
What People are Saying About This
... Theologically informative and instructive and yet devotional in approach, it makes a fine contribution to contemporary Christian reflection on a most important institution. ~ Carl R. Trueman (Paul Woolley Professor of Historical Theology and Church History, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
As a woman engaged to be married for the first time (in my mid-50s), who loves classic Christian writings and devotional literature, I have found this book to be a treasure trove. A sweet and timely source of wisdom as I seek to honor Christ in a new season and station of life. ~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss (Author, Revive Our Hearts & radio host, Niles, Michigan)
•.. This is historical theology at its best. Biblical, practical, wonderfully helpful and really enjoyable. ~ Alistair Begg (Senior Pastor, Parkside Church, Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
•.. a wonderful resource for Christians as they seek to live out their marriages in a way that glorifies God and exalts the Gospel. ~ R. Albert Mohler (President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)
This inspiring collection of excerpts on marriage with accompanying devotionals will make stimulating reading for engaged and married couples and even singles... Highly recommended! ~ Andreas J. Kӧstenberger (Founder of Biblical Foundations and co-author of God, Marriage & Family and God's Design for Man & Woman)