Synopsis
Kevin Offner discusses strategies for developing a church culture that helps single adults make marriage a priority and encourages them to pursue marriage in ways that are godly for both men and women.
Product Details
Format: 29 lectures sold separately on audio-cassettes or CDs; all 29 lectures sold as a set on CDs (in two albums) or in MP3 format
Full Description
It seems to be getting harder and harder today for Christian young adults to find and commit to another person in marriage. Singles are busy in their jobs and recreation, and moving towards marriage seems overwhelming ("relationships take so much work!") or too low-priority ("I'm in no rush&em;someday marriage will just happen"). Consequently, more and more 30-something singles very much want to be married but aren't. Kevin Offner discusses strategies for developing a church culture that helps single adults make marriage a priority and encourages them to pursue marriage in ways that are godly for both men and women. Offner explores whether there is a place for semi-arranged marriages today, computer dating, and what is right and wrong with the slew of "marriage compatability" tests that today's singles increasingly are using.
Kevin Offner is on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He earned a B.A. at the University of Illinois and an M.A. degree from Regent College, where he studied under J. I. Packer. He has served on the InterVarsity staff since 1985, with stints at Brown (four years), Harvard and MIT (five years), Oxford University (one year), and the past five years at Georgetown University, George Washington University, and the Catholic University of America. He is currently studying the early Church Fathers at the Catholic University of America. He has written for Re: Generation Quarterly, Critique, Student Leadership Journal, and Touchstone Magazine where he is also an associate editor. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Amy.
