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The mystery of marriage : meditations on the miracle
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- ISBN: 9781590523742
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Physical Description:
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217 p. ; 21 cm. - Edition: 20th anniversary ed.
- Publisher: Sisters, Or. : Multnomah Books, c2005.
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| Subject: | Marriage Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Columbia Bible College Library | 306.8 1 M411 M998 2005 (Text) | 34444000990176 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
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- Multnomah Publishers
Meditate on the Spiritual Significance of Marriage
In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason’s writing stimulates readers’ thoughts and prayers and propels couples to deeper intimacy. “A marriage is not a joining of two worlds,” says the author, “but an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one might be formed.” Rich chapters on “Otherness,” “Vows,” “Intimacy,” “Sex,” “Submission,” and an all-new chapter on “Oneness” lift readers to view the eternal, spiritual nature of this faith-filled, “impossible,” wild—yet wonderful—frontier.
“An outstanding achievement. Rarely has a book aroused in me so much enthusiasm as has the combination of wisdom, depth, dignity, and glow that I find in these chapters.”
-J.I. Packer
“Absolutely exquisite. It reaches down deep into our innermost being, revealing, revitalizing, rewarding. A real classic.”
-Gigi Graham Tchividjian
“A drop everything book. Mason deals with the stunning paradoxes of the mystery, the problems, and the glories of marriage. I don’t need to read any other book on the subject.”
-Elisabeth Elliot
Story Behind the Book
"Over the twenty years since its publication, many couples have told me that they’ve read my book aloud to each other. This always amazes me and gives me great joy. I’m also amazed that many single people have read it. Either way, my goal is for hearts to be warmed by the mystery of divine love. I want couples to enter into deeper intimacy by thinking together about the mystery of marriage—about how their love, besides being a gift of God, reflects the very love He has for Himself in the Trinity. For God is not a bachelor, and throughout the Bible marriage is a supreme picture of the nature of God’s love and of His kingdom. I want people who read my book to feel so soaked in these wonderful, divine mysteries that it deepens their reverence for marriage and inspires them to greater love."
-Mike Mason - Multnomah Publishers
This twentieth anniversary edition of a modern classic, with an all-new chapter on "Oneness," chronicles one man's journey toward understanding the spiritual meaning of becoming one with another. Engaging, miraculous! - Random House, Inc.
Meditate on the Spiritual Significance of Marriage
In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Masonâs writing stimulates readersâ thoughts and prayers and propels couples to deeper intimacy. âA marriage is not a joining of two worlds,â says the author, âbut an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one might be formed.â Rich chapters on âOtherness,â âVows,â âIntimacy,â âSex,â âSubmission,â and an all-new chapter on âOnenessâ lift readers to view the eternal, spiritual nature of this faith-filled, âimpossible,â wildâyet wonderfulâfrontier.
âAn outstanding achievement. Rarely has a book aroused in me so much enthusiasm as has the combination of wisdom, depth, dignity, and glow that I find in these chapters.â
-J.I. Packer
âAbsolutely exquisite. It reaches down deep into our innermost being, revealing, revitalizing, rewarding. A real classic.â
-Gigi Graham Tchividjian
âA drop everything book. Mason deals with the stunning paradoxes of the mystery, the problems, and the glories of marriage. I donât need to read any other book on the subject.â
-Elisabeth Elliot
Story Behind the Book
"Over the twenty years since its publication, many couples have told me that theyâve read my book aloud to each other. This always amazes me and gives me great joy. Iâm also amazed that many single people have read it. Either way, my goal is for hearts to be warmed by the mystery of divine love. I want couples to enter into deeper intimacy by thinking together about the mystery of marriageâabout how their love, besides being a gift of God, reflects the very love He has for Himself in the Trinity. For God is not a bachelor, and throughout the Bible marriage is a supreme picture of the nature of Godâs love and of His kingdom. I want people who read my book to feel so soaked in these wonderful, divine mysteries that it deepens their reverence for marriage and inspires them to greater love."Â Â
-Mike Mason
