Intimate Marriage

This winter, beginning on January 12, we will be having a small group study called Intimate Marriage.  This curriculum is by Dr. Dan Allender and Dr. Tremper Longman (two of my seminary professors) and highly respected men in the fields of Counseling Psychology and Biblical Studies.  According to Allender, the Biblical model of marriage consists of three components; leaving weaving, and cleaving.

  1. Leaving our families of origin.
  2. Weaving the distinctiveness of two persons into one.
  3. Cleaving or maintaining the intimacy of our marriages on a daily basis.