TY - BOOK AU - Balswick, Jack O. AU - Balswick, Judith K. TI - A Model for Marriage : : Covenant, Grace, Empowerment and Intimacy SN - 97808308276020830827609 AV - BV835 .B33 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. : PB - IVP Academic, KW - Marriage Religious aspects Christianity.Sex Religious aspects Christianity N1 - The dilemma of modern marriage -- A trinitarian model of marriage -- Covenant marriage : the greatest of these is love -- The gracing marriage : grace-full love -- The empowering marriage: mutual empowerment and mutual servanthood -- The intimate marriage: knowing and being known -- Leaving, cleaving and becoming one flesh -- Differentiated unity -- Communication, connection, communion -- Conflict : the fertilizer of growth -- The seasons of marriage -- The dual-earner marriage : an elaborate balancing act -- Sexuality in its splendor : one-flesh mystery -- Marital spirituality ER -