Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas (Book Review)
Is your marriage characterized by peace, harmony, respect, honor and love? Or does it fall short of your expectations prior to your wedding day? Did you enter marriage to be happy and lead a better life with a partner rather than living a life in unhappy isolation? What is the real purpose for marriage? Is there an ideal one? How does God fit into the marital equation?
Gary Thomas, a bestselling author and speaker, teaches on a much talked about subject of marriage. Sacred Marriage is the product of Gary Thomas’ and other people’s marriage experience interspersed with church history and Christian classics for spiritual growth and formation. His main thesis in Sacred Marriage is: “What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?” His foundational verse in this entire teaching is found in James 3:2: “We all stumble in many ways…”
Reading Sacred Marriage in conjunction with viewing his Sacred Marriage videos will give you a new perspective on putting God back to his original place in this covenant relationship. It is no longer about you and your spouse but about you and your relationship with God. I have discovered that the marital union is only temporary as you or your partner can precede the other in going to heaven but your right relationship with God is eternal outliving your timeframe on earth. Your struggles, difficulties, and pains in relating with your spouse can mold your character to seek, pursue, and long for intimacy with God and to be more like Christ to your wife, children, and all those surrounding you.
His books earned many awards and thousands of lives and marriages were transformed through his humble ministry to the body of Christ.
Gary Thomas is very honest and sincere in sharing these truths in his writings and speaking engagements and you will definitely be convinced that he is walking his talk as he stays married to the same wife for decades and loving her and their three grown children. I am personally changed after reading Sacred Marriage. It makes me excited and expectant on getting married one day and taking to heart the wonderful gems of wisdom on the Sacred Marriage.
Sacred Marriage comes in softcover, DVD curriculum, participant’s guide, and devotional.
Gary Thomas talks about Sacred Marriage in YouTube.
Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas and other Christian books are available in our Christian book store or wherever books are sold.
About the author: Haydee
I have a passion to love God above all else. It is my desire to worship Him and to serve Him for the rest of my life. He is my first love. In Him, I live and move and have my being. I am His child, His treasured possession and His ambassador to reach souls for His kingdom. I am currently the Book Reviewer for CBB and in-charge of CBB book marketing here. God called me to be a Prayer Minister in Healing Rooms and IAHR Online Healing Rooms and connected with Wholeness Ministries and Elijah House.