The Mingling of Souls

I am a fan of Matt Chandler's preaching and was excited to see he wrote a book about marriage, especially after The Village Church did a sermon series last year on God's design for men and women (“A Beautiful Design”).

As a single person, I found this book to be encouraging of what is to come as well as a good reminder of how marriage is not the answer to finding wholeness or completion.

As a counselor, I appreciated the biblical exploration of romantic relationships from dating to courtship to engagement to marriage with plenty of insights applicable to relationships in general, romantic or not. This last point was particularly salient for me because ultimately, it is not about us anyway.

As Chandler ends the book, “May we be people who know God and love him. And may our knowledge and love for him lead to ongoing repentance, confession, and the seeking out of healthy, vibrant, strong relationships. May we pursue one another often for the glory of his name and to reflect all the more the beauty of his romantic pursuit of us as his covenant people.

In love, dating, courtship, marriage, and sex - as in all things - Christ is all.”