The intimate mystery
Subtitle: creating strength and beauty in your marriage
By: Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III.
Contributors: Longman, Tremper.
Edition: Expanded ed.
Series: Intimate marriage series
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780830837243; 9780830837248
Subjects: Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description: The book of Genesis provides a matrix for understanding the intimate mystery of marriage in light of three commands-- leave (your family of origin), weave (a life together) and cleave (through sexual intimacy). In this book, Dan Allender and Tremper Longman III explore and unpack the rich implications of this pattern--From publisher description.
Notes: "Now includes six companion Bible studies"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Man's best friend; title: is not a dog; title: Meaning of marriage; title: Matrix of marriage; title: Leaving : making space for faithfulness; title: Leaving : walking away from home; title: Weaving : connecting communication; title: Weaving : bringing our souls together; title: Cleaving : united into one flesh; title: Cleaving : playing with glory; title: In the garden; title: Bonus section: the goal of marriage study.