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Marriage for Life: A Blessing

Russell Dykstra·2016-04-15
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Prof. Russell Dykstra presents a biblical and theological exposition of Christian marriage as a creation ordinance established by God for the good of His covenant people. Drawing on Scripture and his own 43 years of married experience, he demonstrates that godly marriage is both a divinely instituted blessing and a foundational institution rooted in God's sovereign design and covenantal purposes.

Prof. Dykstra and his wife Carol have been married for 43 years. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:22-24 The godly marriage is an inestimable blessing. This is not only the...

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Author
Russell Dykstra
Date

2016-04-15

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Scripture References
Genesis
Genesis 2:22-24Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:24
Proverbs 18:22
Ecclesiastes 9:9
1 Corinthians 14:33
Matthew 19:5
Mark 10:7
Topics
Marriage and FamilyCreationCovenant Theology
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