TY - BOOK AU - Balswick,Jack O. AU - Balswick,Judith K. TI - A model for marriage: covenant, grace, empowerment and intimacy SN - 0830827609 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BV 835 .B33 2006 U1 - 261.8/3581 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Academic KW - Marriage KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-206) and indexes; The dilemma of modern marriage -- A trinitarian model of marriage -- Covenant marriage : the greatest of these is love -- The gracing marriage : grace-full love -- The empowering marriage: mutual empowerment and mutual servanthood -- The intimate marriage: knowing and being known -- Leaving, cleaving and becoming one flesh -- Differentiated unity -- Communication, connection, communion -- Conflict : the fertilizer of growth -- The seasons of marriage -- The dual-earner marriage : an elaborate balancing act -- Sexuality in its splendor : one-flesh mystery -- Marital spirituality UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020885.html ER -