Fierce Marriage Participant's Guide: Radically Pursuing Each Other in Light of Christ's Relentless Love

By Ryan Frederick and Selena Frederick

Fierce Marriage is a call to couples to put Christ at the center of their marriage, measuring everything they do and say to each other against what Christ did for them. Now this powerful book is accompanied by an equally powerful curriculum designed for small groups and couples.

With passionate personal stories and practical, gospel-centered advice, Ryan and Selena Frederick help participants handle five key areas of marriage: priorities, communication, money, sex, and conflict. Their hopeful approach will help couples to see marriage as not just a relationship they should try to keep healthy but also one worth fighting for--in every situation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Release date: Dec 4, 2018
• ISBN: 9781493416240

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© 2018 by Ryan and Selena Frederick

Published by Baker Books

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Ebook edition created 2018

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ISBN 978-1-4934-1624-0

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Contents

Cover    1

Half Title Page    2

Title Page    3

Copyright Page    4

Introduction    7

1. Our Swiss Adventure    11

2. The Magnitude of Covenant    19

3. Priorities and Finances    29

4. Communication and Conflict    39

5. Intimacy and Sex    47

6. Upward and Outward    55

Appendix: The Biblical Covenants    63

About the Authors    75

Back Ads    77

Back Cover    81

Introduction

This isn’t your typical marriage video series. At least we don’t think it is. In our experience, there are many valuable resources about marriage, particularly in modern Christendom. But we’ve observed that videos in the Christian marriage category tend to fall on either side of what we call the hopeful-helpful intersection, which is sometimes problematic. Here’s what we mean.

Hopeful videos offer what we need for eternal hope: reminders of the gospel,