I’ve already written a review of this magnificent devotion here.
It is now available through Lulu in its final form for only $4.37.
Here’s the description from Lulu:
“Christ and the Church” is a thirty-day devotional book for husbands and wives. It presents the commands and promises of God, calls to repentance and faith, follows the pattern of the Word of God and prayer, and offers practical suggestions according to what the Scriptures say about Christ and the Church in their union. Each day includes a writing on a particular aspect of marriage, a talking point, a prayer, and an activity. While written for husbands and wives, this book could easily be adapted to serve as a resource for premarital instruction.
“Rev. Andrew Richard has put together a gift for the church. As fewer people speak about marriage in Scriptural ways, these devotions hearken back to traditional terms and once common Christian understandings. The language and writing is very approachable, the excerpts from the early church are real gems, and including hymnody helps this to be an ongoing resource for those married as well as those in preparation.” – Deaconess Mary J. Moerbe
To all BJS and beyond,
We pastors in the LCMS (NID) attended the General Pastoral Conference and the topic was “The Theology of the Body”, very compelling. Yes, Pope John Paul II was the creator of it, but it was all Church catholic and also reinforced the Biblical outline of Creation…man is man, woman is a woman…I have a hunch these topics will be of greater and greater importance. Should be…we need more materials like this and we need to reinforce Marriage between a man and a woman a gift from God.
God created Adam and Eve as man and woman and said that it was very good. We need more preaching about this goodness.
-We have been reading this devotion each morning. After forty-plus years of marriage, it is still something that we need to read again and again with one another. Thank you for this gift to the Church. I encourage everyone in a marriage to print/buy/order this valuable resource. I am certainly glad that I did!