God and Marriage
Overview
Offering a new look at the increasingly unfashionable institution of marriage, Geoffrey Bromiley presents here a timely theological study which, unlike others books on marriage, aims exclusively to relate marriage to God as creator, Son, and Holy Spirit. Bromiley observes that God’s work of reconciliation makes it possible for his people also to achieve reconciliation with one another, particularly in the marriage relationship.
In addition to thoroughly discussing the relationship of the Trinity to marriage, Bromiley examines such topics as incest, adultery and fornication, celibacy, the permanency of marriage, and remarriage after the death of a partner.
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- Presents a biblical study of the institution of marriage
- Examines marriage in relation to the Trinity
- Discusses topics such as adultery, celibacy, and remarriage
- God the Creator and Marriage
- The God of Israel and Marriage
- God the Son and Marriage
- God the Holy Spirit and Marriage
Top Highlights
“Second, marriage is designed to be a lasting union” (Page 4)
“First, it is the most important relationship, for which even family ties will in a sense be broken.” (Page 4)
“Hence, his action offers some clues at least to the human action which will be demanded for the redemption and restoration of human marriage within the totality of God’s saving work. Two partners in marriage have to consider that, in spite of romantic views of one another, both are sinful and therefore their love will also have to be grace on both sides, a love for someone who really does not merit love. Furthermore, when faults manifest themselves, whether the more sensational faults of sexual infidelity and passionate jealousy or the more humdrum ones of impatience, quarrelsomeness, possessiveness, or irresponsibility, will not human love have to manifest the very same qualities of patience and forbearance and persistence and forgiveness which characterize the husband of Israel?” (Page 34)
“Inner human harmony depends on harmony with God. Conversely, disruption of harmony with God means disruption of inner human harmony.” (Page 5)
“We must avoid too close an identification between human marriage and the divine marriage” (Page 33)
I am very pleased with the book and feel it will fill a very special place in the available literature on Christian marriage . . . It stands apart from the superficial writing that all but characterizes our time. How-to books are of little value apart from the basic theological understanding which must precede them. This is a book I would like to have written . . . Will be required reading for my students.
—Thomas Howard, professor of history, Gordon College
Bromiley pays close, cautious, and sensitive attention to virtually every scriptural passage about marriage, even the passages that are particularly difficult for our own era to cope with. He makes no attempt to rewrite the Bible in the interest of some specially modern idea. Rooted deeply in the immeasurable principles of creation and redemption, this book is full of sane, courageous, sound teaching.
—Dwight Small, emeritus associate professor of sociology, Westmont College
- Title: God and Marriage
- Author: Geoffrey William Bromiley
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 1980
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Pages: 100
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Marriage
- ISBNs: 9780802818515, 080281851X
- Resource ID: LLS:GODANDMARRIAGE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:18:30Z