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Zusatztext Praise for Timothy Keller and his books: “A C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century.” —Newsweek “A Christian intellectual who takes on the likes of Nietzsche! Marx! and Freud.” —The Wall Street Journal “Tim Keller’s ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.” —Billy Graham “At Redeemer Presbyterian and in several books! Keller shaped a vision of Evangelicalism that de-emphasizes politics and stresses care for the poor! personal sacrifice! and inclusiveness across ethnicity and class.” —Fortune! naming Timothy Keller one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” Informationen zum Autor Timothy Keller started Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City with his wife, Kathy, and their three sons. Dr. Keller also founded Redeemer City to City, which has trained leaders to start more than three hundred new churches in nearly fifty cities around the world. He is the author of The Prodigal Prophet, God's Wisdom for Navigating Life, and The Reason for God, among others. Kathy Keller received her MA in theological studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Kathy cowrote The Meaning of Marriage, The Songs of Jesus, God's Wisdom for Navigating Life, and The Meaning of Marriage: A Couple's Devotional with Tim. On Marriage is their fifth collaboration. Klappentext From New York Times bestselling authors Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller, a book devoted to helping you start your marriage strong and keeping it strong as the years pass Significant events such as birth, marriage, and death are milestones in our lives in which we experience our greatest happiness and our deepest grief. And so it is profoundly important to understand how to approach and experience these occasions with grace, endurance, and joy.In On Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller bring forty-five years of personal experience with marriage, as well as a deep understanding of God's resources in the Bible for those who want to find them. With wisdom, empathy, and compassion, the Kellers teach us to understand how to begin and nourish your marriage well.The perfect gift for anyone thinking about relationships and the institution of marriage, On Marriage is a short, powerful book that gives us the tools to understand the meaning of marriage within God's vision of life. Beginning a Marriage Why bother to get married at all? In the words of the traditional Christian wedding service, "God has established and sanctified marriage for the welfare and happiness of humankind." While true, that cannot be the end of the discussion for modern people. This is a more pressing question now than it has ever been in previous times. In the past it was a given that to become an adult member of society you married and had children, and the vast majority of people did so. But younger adults in Western countries today postpone marriage at unprecedented rates. Nearly a third of all millennials in the United States may stay unmarried through age forty, and 25 percent may not marry at all, the highest proportion of any generation in modern history. Why? There are two reasons that so many marriages never begin: economic stress and the rise of individualism in culture. Fears About Marriage The economic factor is seen in the widespread belief of single adults that they must be financially secure in a good career before they marry and that, of course, their prospective mate should be as well. The background assumption is that married life is a drain on resources, especially with the arrival of children. Before marrying, it is therefore believed, you should have a guaranteed income stream, adequate savings, and perhaps even a...
