Marriage Library

Download the entire Marriage issue and the set of six Study Guides. Or, download individual pieces by clicking the titles below.

• Articles
"Who Needs a Covenant?" by David P. Gushee
"Christian Marriage and Public Policy," by Don Browning
"For Better or For Worse," by Margaret Kim Peterson
"Marriage in the Fellowship of the Faithful," by John Thompson
"What God Has Joined Together," by David Instone-Brewer

• Art
Marriage in Christian Art, by Heidi J. Hornik
"A Wedding Story," on Perugino's Marriage of the Virgin
"The Promise of Marriage," on Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Wedding
"Water into Wine," on Michele Tosini's Marriage at Cana

• Hymns and Worship Service
"Two are Called to Live as One," by Terry W. York and C. David Bolin
Worship Service, by Sharon Kirkpatrick Felton

• Inspirational Pieces
"The Changing Shape of Family," by Bo Prosser
"I Know Who She Is," by Ginny Bridges Ireland
Other Voices, Quotations on Marriage

• Book Reviews
"Equality in Christian Marriage," by Lydia Huffman Hoyle
• Robert W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, eds., Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Heirarchy
• David Blankenhorn, Don Browning, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, eds., Does Christianity Teach Male Headship? The Equal-Regard Marriage and Its Critics

"Where Do We Go From Here?" by Cameron Lee
• Don Browning, Marriage and Modernization
• John Whitte, Jr., From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
• David P. Gushee, Getting Marriage Right: Realistic Counsel for Saving and Strengthening Relationships

• Study Guides and Lesson Plans (Download the set of six Study Guides)
• "Who Needs a Covenant?"
• "For Better or For Worse"
• "Marriage in the Fellowship of the Faithful"
• "Christian Marriage and Public Policy"
• "The Changing Shape of Family"
• "What God Has Joined Together"