Defining Marriage: Sketching the difference between Covenant and Contract is not your typical Marriage book. Despite contrasting marriage with Islamic contract marriage, the content will help couples understand what the Bible says about marriage. A summary of Defining Marriage using AI tools appears below. Listen to the podcast or the YouTube video to give you insights into how to define marriage best.
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Searching for the Sacrificial Lover’s Identity
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s (1806-1861) poem gives the marriage identity and the sacrificial lover’s identity. Their exclusive relationship reflects the divine-human relationship.
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Couple Counsel in the Middle of Choir Practice
Last winter, a Persian couple invited me to join them for their choir practice at Prestonwood Baptist outside of Dallas, Texas. I thought, Oh my but left with an Oh-wow-feeling! I felt like I just came out of couple counseling
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A Snapshot in Defining a Covenant Marriage
I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the Lord – Ez. 16:62
The Bible gives snapshots of how we should define marriage. God’s relational covenant with his people traces how the Bible defines a covenant marriage. Isaiah 55:3 states, “Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.” A divinely witnessed promise of love summarizes the covenant way in salvation, this divine-human relationship re-echos in marriage.
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En Route to Defining a Covenant Marriage – Countering Contract
My beloved is mine, and I am his – Song of Solomon 2:16
God’s relational covenant with his people demonstrates the definition of a covenant marriage. The divine character of God forms a covenant identity that pursues one’s beloved diligently in a sacrificial way to promote relationship and further unity.
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Is Marriage a Covenant or Contract? Society’s dilemma
For marriage, distinguishing the meaning between the two can make a difference in commitment and promises. Society today mixes and deludes the meaning of marriage.
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