How does forgiveness work in marriage?

Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III have together written this inductive Bible study guide to help couples build healthy and happy marriages. Through six study sessions for individuals, couples or groups, they encourage you to examine dynamics of conflict and forgiveness that can keep your marriage strong.

Intimate Marriage Bible studies bring spouses into deeper communion with God and with each other. In marriage a man and a woman are called to leave their families of origin, to weave their individual lives into a unity and to cleave to each other. How can fallen human beings even begin to contemplate this ideal--God's ideal?

These studies will help you take small but real steps toward honoring the image of God in each other and living out God's goal for marriage. As you explore and respond to Scripture together, you will discover strength and beauty in your marriage and become even more intimate companions.

Dan and Bible scholar Tremper Longman III combined their expertise to tackle the subject of marriage in their books Bold Love and Intimate Allies, as well as their 1994 Gold Medallion finalist, The Cry of the Soul. Dan Allender's other book, The Wounded Heart, was released in 1990.

Dan holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy/Religion, a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, a Master of Science in Counseling, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Michigan State University. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in America in 1978 and is currently affiliated with an independent Bible Church in Littleton, Colorado. He and his wife, Rebecca, reside in Littleton, Colorado, with their three children and are involved in a small group commitment to help other couples and families grow in Christ as a community.