Sacred Marriage, Gary  Thomas
Sacred Marriage, Gary  Thomas
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Sacred Marriage
What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

Author: Gary Thomas

Narrator: Gary L. Thomas

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 08/09/2016


Synopsis

What if God designed marriage to make you holy instead of happy? What if your relationship isn't as much about you and your spouse as it is about you and God?In Sacred Marriage, bestselling author Gary Thomas uncovers the ways that your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God and with each other. Join over one million others who have already uncovered Thomas's tips for fostering a sacred marriage.Within the pages of Sacred Marriage, Thomas invites you to see how God can use your relationship with your spouse as a discipline and a motivation to love God more and reflect more of the character of his Son.In addition to life-changing insights from Scripture, church history, and time-tested wisdom from Christian classics, you'll find practical advice and techniques to make your marriage happier by becoming holier husbands and wives.In Sacred Marriage, Thomas will give you all of the tools you need to:Turn marital struggles into spiritual and personal appreciationLove your spouse with a stronger sense of purposeConfront your weaknesses and sin in order to grow your relationship with God and with your spousePartner in the spiritual growth and character formation of your spouseTransform a tired marriage into a relationship filled with awe and respectThomas reveals that sacred marriages teach us to love God and others well by fostering a healthy sex life, a strong prayer life, and a rich spiritual life. God uses our marriages to help us grow in character, in prayer, in worship, and in service--we just have to recognize that the purpose of marriage is holiness, not happiness.Each copy also includes thought-provoking discussion questions designed to spark conversation between couples and small groups, allowing you to dive deeper into the lessons that Thomas shares in Sacred Marriage.Join the one million others who have already started on their journey to transforming their relationship with their spouses and with their Creator.

About Gary Thomas

Gary Thomas’s writing and speaking draw people closer to Christ and closer to others. He is the author of twenty books that together have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. These books include Sacred Marriage, Cherish, Sacred Pathways, and the Gold Medallion-award winning Authentic Faith. Gary holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Western Washington University, a master’s degree in systematic theology from Regent College (Vancouver, BC), and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Victoria on October 11, 2021

This book began with several problems for me, and the best chapters come toward the end. First, I wasn't fond of the portrayal of women in the book as always housewives or working women who were toppled by their ambition, who then become housewives. I couldn't decide if this was because Thomas's own......more

Goodreads review by D. Robert on October 03, 2012

This book is absolutely amazing. The tag on the cover sums it up: "What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?" This is a ground-breaking concept in today's world of serial divorces. We seem to shop for spouses like we shop for new clothes. When the marriage gets diffic......more

Goodreads review by Brett on January 24, 2010

"Sacred Marriage" continues to be my go-to book on marriage (which by definition for me could be restated as "Christian marriage"). This is my third reading, and I still find myself underlining, "hmm"-ing out loud, and learning. Thomas treats marriage with a respect far greater toward God than for h......more

Goodreads review by Christina on March 04, 2025

This is a great book for those who’ve been married awhile! It’s not really a how-to process, but rather a mindset/perspective change in viewing our marriage as God intended, regardless of how long we’ve been married. So many powerful quotes that I would’ve liked to highlight! (I listened to this.) “......more

Goodreads review by Adam on January 27, 2022

Eat the meat and throw out the bones. There are a lot of practical, biblical and wise teachings in here but the Christian trappings of "man works, woman stays at home" or the examples of moms homeschooling as well as some more Christian cliches (that I hate) make it difficult to read and more so to......more