The Mingling of Souls: God's Design for Love, Marriage, Sex, and Redemption

Matt Chandler

Jan 2015 · David C Cook

About this ebook

The Song of Solomon offers strikingly candid—and timeless—insights on romance, dating, marriage, and sex. We need it. Because emotions rise and fall with a single glance, touch, kiss, or word. And we are inundated with songs, movies, and advice that contradicts God's design for love and intimacy.

Matt Chandler helps navigate these issues for both singles and marrieds by revealing the process Solomon himself followed: Attraction, Courtship, Marriage ... even Arguing. The Mingling of Souls will forever change how you view and approach love.

Ratings and reviews

My wife and I read this book in step with the stages of dating we were in. With the exception of the attraction chapter, we read that while we were dating. This book was so very helpful for us to check ourselves in so many areas and have vision for other areas. From just clearly and helpfully seeing attraction and sex are not dirty things but gifts from God to be embraced within his design. To being helped to have vision for practically how to treat each other and communicate with one another in engagement and marriage. It also just brings up a lot of great conversations that might otherwise go undiscussed. We lead a small group of young adults and recommend this book to anyone who starts dating.

Authentic, true, compelling and intriguing written. Left a positive mark on our marriage. Even if you know the truths reading this together gets you both asking good questions with each other.

A practical and text filled with Biblical wisdom for anyone desiring to learn about relationships as they are designed to be. Eye-opening too!

About the author

Matt Chandler pastors The Village Church, a multi-campus church attended by more than 10,000 people. His sermons are regularly one of the top five podcasts on iTunes and his book, The Explicit Gospel, has sold over 135,000 copies. Matt lives in Dallas with his wife and three children.

Jared C. Wilson is an award-winning writer and author of the popular books Your Jesus Is Too Safe, Gospel Wakefulness, Gospel Deeps, and the curriculum Abide. He is pastor of Middletown Springs Community Church in Vermont.