Redeeming Singleness: How the Storyline of Scripture Affirms the Single Life
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Though marriage is highly esteemed throughout Scripture, the Bible also affirms singleness as an important calling for some Christians. Redeeming Singleness expounds a theology of singleness that shows how the blessings of the covenant are now directly mediated to believers through Christ. Redeeming Singleness offers an in-depth examination of the redemptive history from which biblical singleness emerges. Danylak illustrates the continuity of this affirmation of singleness by showing how the Old Testament creation mandate and the New Testament kingdom mandate must both be understood in light of God’s plan of redemption through spiritual rebirth in Christ. As the trend toward singleness in the church increases, the need for constructive theological reflection likewise grows. Redeeming Singleness meets this need, providing encouragement to those who are single or ministering to singles and challenging believers from all walks of life to reflect more deeply on the sufficiency of Christ.
- Title: Redeeming Singleness: How the Storyline of Scripture Affirms the Single Life
- Author: Barry Danylak
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2010
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Celibacy › Biblical teaching; Single people › Religious life--Biblical teaching
- ISBNs: 9781433505881, 9781433505898, 9781433505904, 9781433522864, 1433505886, 1433505894, 1433505908, 1433522861
- Resource ID: LLS:RDMNGSNGLNSSSLF
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-24T21:41:18Z
Reviews
1 rating
Barnabas
6/13/2024
The TLDR of this book's agenda is to sacrifice the wellbeing of the unmarried for the sake of keeping homosexual single. (yes, this is better than in a wicked homosexual relationship). This is a roundabout means of justifying gay celibacy. Gays need to truly repent. their desire is a disgusting abomination in and of itself. there's no way around it. i am not saying there can't be lifelong struggle and the homosexual in question be saved. absolutely there can be. but this book serves the purposes of promoting the side b heresy and it tells Christians desperate for marriage to remain content in an unmarried state which causes them to burn with lust and their heavenly rewards will be reduced. I can't expressed how destructive this book and the ideas it peddles are. details: This book is an exercise in mental gymnastics trying to shoehorn a presumptuous belief into Scripture. It's just bad hermeneutics. 1 Corinthians 7 is plain: either you have the gift of celibacy or you don't; if not, seek marriage; maybe consider postponing it due to circumstantial crisis. Don't waste your money on this borderline gnostic nonsense that downplays the physical and over emphasizes the spiritual. Ra McLaughlin at reformedanswers has a far better exegesis on the topic that falls in line of the Reformed historic understanding.