Reading: Lesson 13 - The Story of Redemption, Part 1

The story of redemption, part 1

Marriage & God’s New Family 

The Covenant of Marriage

Sign: marriage (covenant & consummation)

Thing signified: Christ & church

The story of marriage points to the ultimate marriage 

The Covenant of Marriage

Our post-Christian world 

Biblical vision of marriage is not ‘natural’

Return marriage to the church

Weddings as part of the church service

A practical theology of divorce