Creating a successful Christian marriage /
McDonald, Cleveland,
Creating a successful Christian marriage / [print] Cleveland McDonald and Philip M. McDonald. - forth edition. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Book House, (c)1994. - 359 pages ; 25 cm.
Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Part 1 : The formation of the family. Culture and the secular family -- Culture and the Christian family -- Part 2 : Factors in successful marriage. Cultural influences -- Christian role concepts -- Spiritual maturity -- Romantic love -- Part 3 : Forming a marriage relationship. Dating -- The engagement, wedding, and honeymoon -- Part 4. Fellowship in marriage. Communication in marriage -- Intimacy in marriage -- The extended family -- Christian parenthood -- Part 5 : Family finances. Stewardship and budgeting -- Major purchases and investments -- Part 6 : Fragmented families. The single life -- The single-parent family -- The blended family -- Counseling for family problems -- Part 7. The future of the family. International living -- Trends in the American family.
After twenty years in classroom use, Creating a Successful Christian Marriage has been extensively revised for a new generation. The goals of the fourth edition are to equip young people to make an intelligent choice of a mate and to help them anticipate what to expect in family interaction or single life. Retained is the stress on the Bible as a source of growth in any marriage and family status. This text looks at the nuclear family as a social institution but also explores the practical side of living through adjustments of dating, engagement, and early marriage. Cleveland McDonald and his son Philip treat such practical matters as communicating, working through interpersonal differences, and growing in relationships within the family. - Back cover.
93029180
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV835.M478.C743 1994
Creating a successful Christian marriage / [print] Cleveland McDonald and Philip M. McDonald. - forth edition. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Book House, (c)1994. - 359 pages ; 25 cm.
Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Part 1 : The formation of the family. Culture and the secular family -- Culture and the Christian family -- Part 2 : Factors in successful marriage. Cultural influences -- Christian role concepts -- Spiritual maturity -- Romantic love -- Part 3 : Forming a marriage relationship. Dating -- The engagement, wedding, and honeymoon -- Part 4. Fellowship in marriage. Communication in marriage -- Intimacy in marriage -- The extended family -- Christian parenthood -- Part 5 : Family finances. Stewardship and budgeting -- Major purchases and investments -- Part 6 : Fragmented families. The single life -- The single-parent family -- The blended family -- Counseling for family problems -- Part 7. The future of the family. International living -- Trends in the American family.
After twenty years in classroom use, Creating a Successful Christian Marriage has been extensively revised for a new generation. The goals of the fourth edition are to equip young people to make an intelligent choice of a mate and to help them anticipate what to expect in family interaction or single life. Retained is the stress on the Bible as a source of growth in any marriage and family status. This text looks at the nuclear family as a social institution but also explores the practical side of living through adjustments of dating, engagement, and early marriage. Cleveland McDonald and his son Philip treat such practical matters as communicating, working through interpersonal differences, and growing in relationships within the family. - Back cover.
93029180
Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV835.M478.C743 1994