The Intimate Marriage: A Practical Guide to Building a Great Marriage

By R.C. Sproul and R.C. Sproul Jr.

Book Overview

Perfect for gift-giving An excellent resource for pre-engagement, engaged couples, and newlyweds. Discusses practical issues in marriage, with questions at the end of chapters. Do you know someone getting married in the near future? You want that person to experience a fulfilling marriage based on solid principles that will last a lifetime. Help a friend or loved one get his or her marriage off to a great start. This hardback edition of The Intimate Marriage is the perfect gift for newlyweds. An ideal shower, wedding, or anniversary gift Most couples happily in love on their wedding day probably do not realize the skill needed to keep the marriage alive for life--'til death do us part. Dr. Sproul masterfully guides the couple through various problems seen in a typical marriage. He offers the tools and expertise needed for building on the biblical wisdom lacking in today's divorce ridden society. This isn't a sterile how-to book, but one that takes the lessons this Bible teacher has learned from his own marriage. Questions at the end of each chapter enable the couple to apply the truths to their own lives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875527108
• ISBN13: 9780875527109
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: P & R Publishing
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

The problem with the 1 star reviews...

What most people want in a Christian marriage book is a check list. They want to know the minimum it takes or the exact steps to take in order to get what they want from marriage. That may sound brutal but its the truth. Dr. Sproul sets out an attitude for marriage based on scripture and the work of Jay Adams who is also scriptually minded. Marriage isn't about check-lists and how-to's. In fact, if thats the solution you are looking for you will most likely fail. If you treat you spouse like a list of needs to be met, they will likely feel unloved and unapprechiated. The list becomes the object no the spouse. Srpouls work here, like most of his work, is a good and practical outline to an attitude which will result in the correct thoughts/actions need in a marriage.

I found it helpful

Maybe I was missing something, but I "had" to read this book in my pre-marital counseling and have benefitted from it for 13+ years now. Men, when your wife asks you how your day was, "fine" is not an acceptable answer. She is asking you to invite her into your life. (my paraphrase but life changing to a super type A like me).

Essential Read!

If I had to pick the best book I'd read on the subject of Christian marriage, this would be it. The chapters contain great wisdom, and the questions at the end of each chapter initiated great, in-depth conversations. This is an essential read for engaged couples and newlyweds!