Dr. Andreas Kostenberger s Life - 1330 Words

Summary Dr. Andreas Kostenberger is the Director of PhD Studies and Professor of New Testament at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Kostenberger uses the Word of God from the Old and New Testament on marriage, gender roles, headship, sex, child-rearing, divorce, and homosexuality. In the second edition of God, Marriage, and Family, by Kà ¶stenberger and Jones investigate the most recent contentions, social movements, and teachings inside both the congregation and society and further apply Scripture s immortal standards to contemporary issues. We live in a time period of a crisis in regards to marriage and the family, and the only way the institution of marriage can be rebuild is by the biblical foundation in the Word of†¦show more content†¦He starts by characterizing marriage and family because of the breakdown of the societal ideas of both. At that point he identifies with the desperation of the issue by depicting the foundations of marriage and family a s under siege in our world today†¦ our very civilization is in crisis (p,15). This book will end up being an important asset for individual and gathering study, Christian guiding, and marriage and family courses. Concrete Responses According to Kà ¶stenberger and Jones, God, Marriage, and Family, the western civilization is confronted with the need to define the meaning of the terms marriage and family (. p.15). I do believe that we as people got away from the design God intended for marriage and family. I never grew up with my father in the home and my parents never were married. My mother did marry but I never saw their marriage the way God intended for marriage and family to be according to His Word. The home was so dysfunctional that I developed emotional problems that carried into my adult life. As an adult I never knew I had problems until I got married myself. Even in my marriage it was not geared to what God intended. My ex-husband grew up with his father and mother in the home but did not learn about marriage and family God’s way. His father was very abusive to his mother and it was carried into our home. Both of us has two different beliefs on marriage and family. He believed that the wife has no voice and she