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Living Together: A Guide to Counseling Unmarried Couples
Offers a biblical perspective on the explosive and growing social phenomena of couples moving in together instead of marrying – a common trend even among Christian couples. Full of biblical, practical,and competent help for those who minister to and counsel unwed couples.
208 pages, Paperback
First published November 30, 2004
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September 5, 2013
"Clear, Biblical, compassionate, and very practical. There are not many (any?) other books from a Christian perspective on counseling cohabiting couples, so it's fortunate this one is so solid. Highly recommended to pastors and anyone interested in developing and articulating a Biblical theology of marriage in today's changing cultural context.
VanGoethem first works to lay out the current realities of cohabitation, paying careful attention to the development and dismantling of the conventional wisdom that cohabitation should lead to lowered divorce rates and increased happiness in marriage. Reality has intruded on those dreams, leaving behind a doubled incidence of divorce, and a greatly decreased level of happiness in marriage, both of which become more severe, not less, the longer a couple cohabits. VanGoethem then discusses the current state of research on cohabitation, and closes the first section with attention to the Biblical perspective on cohabitation.
His second section enunciates a Biblical theology of covenant and marriage, and he closes the book with practical advice on how to counsel couples who are cohabiting.
Brisk but comprehensive, compassionate but clear, this book deserves to be on every Evangelical pastor's shelf, dog-eared and underlined."
-Denes said it best
VanGoethem first works to lay out the current realities of cohabitation, paying careful attention to the development and dismantling of the conventional wisdom that cohabitation should lead to lowered divorce rates and increased happiness in marriage. Reality has intruded on those dreams, leaving behind a doubled incidence of divorce, and a greatly decreased level of happiness in marriage, both of which become more severe, not less, the longer a couple cohabits. VanGoethem then discusses the current state of research on cohabitation, and closes the first section with attention to the Biblical perspective on cohabitation.
His second section enunciates a Biblical theology of covenant and marriage, and he closes the book with practical advice on how to counsel couples who are cohabiting.
Brisk but comprehensive, compassionate but clear, this book deserves to be on every Evangelical pastor's shelf, dog-eared and underlined."
-Denes said it best
April 6, 2013
Clear, Biblical, compassionate, and very practical. There are not many (any?) other books from a Christian perspective on counseling cohabiting couples, so it's fortunate this one is so solid. Highly recommended to pastors and anyone interested in developing and articulating a Biblical theology of marriage in today's changing cultural context.
VanGoethem first works to lay out the current realities of cohabitation, paying careful attention to the development and dismantling of the conventional wisdom that cohabitation should lead to lowered divorce rates and increased happiness in marriage. Reality has intruded on those dreams, leaving behind a doubled incidence of divorce, and a greatly decreased level of happiness in marriage, both of which become more severe, not less, the longer a couple cohabits. VanGoethem then discusses the current state of research on cohabitation, and closes the first section with attention to the Biblical perspective on cohabitation.
His second section enunciates a Biblical theology of covenant and marriage, and he closes the book with practical advice on how to counsel couples who are cohabiting.
Brisk but comprehensive, compassionate but clear, this book deserves to be on every Evangelical pastor's shelf, dog-eared and underlined.
VanGoethem first works to lay out the current realities of cohabitation, paying careful attention to the development and dismantling of the conventional wisdom that cohabitation should lead to lowered divorce rates and increased happiness in marriage. Reality has intruded on those dreams, leaving behind a doubled incidence of divorce, and a greatly decreased level of happiness in marriage, both of which become more severe, not less, the longer a couple cohabits. VanGoethem then discusses the current state of research on cohabitation, and closes the first section with attention to the Biblical perspective on cohabitation.
His second section enunciates a Biblical theology of covenant and marriage, and he closes the book with practical advice on how to counsel couples who are cohabiting.
Brisk but comprehensive, compassionate but clear, this book deserves to be on every Evangelical pastor's shelf, dog-eared and underlined.
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