THREE STARS
REVIEW: ALTARED:
The True Story of a SHE, a HE, and How They Both Got Too Worked Up about WE by
Claire & Eli
Caution: This is not a
traditional book on marriage.
Actually it is a
pioneering look at marriage which contemplates and reflects on the prominence
marriage seems to receive by many Christians and churches today.
The book is written by
Claire and Eli (their pseudonyms) because they said they wanted to preserve the
mystery of their own story as well as not wanting the story to be about them.
The book is half a love
story of Claire and Eli and their relationship, and the other half is a biblical
look at marriage and singleness. Their
main point seems to stress that true love is not only found in marriage, but it
should be found in all relationships. We
should not limit our stress of love in just marriage relationships.
Claire and Eli say our
society should not be so marriage-centered but rather loved-centered. I appreciate that concept, and as a married
woman, it made me reflect about the single people in my life. I also valued their inclusion of Scripture
and Christian tradition by quotes by John Wesley, Oswald Chambers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Augustine, and more.
*I received this book
for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this unbiased review.
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