Review: Christian Marriage
The book is made up of eleven sermons from volume six of Dr Lloyd-Jones Ephesians series first published in 1973.
I found this a challenge to read, not just because of the subject matter but because of the dense arguments that Dr Lloyd-Jones is propounding. No doubt the original listeners, who heard one sermon at a time, were enthralled by his arguments and had their attention held by his delivery.
Dr Lloyd-Jones uses Paul’s teaching to show how marriage should be. How the wife must behave to her husband and how the husband must behave towards the wife. There is no choice in these matters. Lloyd-Jones is absolutely positive about this and goes on to relate the belief of the church being ‘the bride of Christ’ to the marriage state and what that means to true believers, stressing the obligations and rewards that this implies.
This thought provoking preaching is worthy of deep consideration.
This review was first posted on GoodBookReviews.org. The site has been closed as of March 2019
Latest Articles
Reading the Psalms: A New Resource #2 11 November 2026
As Christians we believe that all Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Tim. 3:16), but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t particular books and sections of Scripture that we love even more than […]
Seven Rules for Catechizing 28 October 2026
In our interview with Dr Chad Van Dixhoorn, Behind the Scenes at the Westminster Assembly, he mentions the noted catechist[mfn]A catechist is one who teaches and trains others in the faith, often through a question and answer presentation of Christian truth.[/mfn] Thomas Lye (1621–1684) and his seven rules for catechizing. Here, in an accessible format, is […]