A Terrifying Grace - Rob Yule

Summary:

A Terrifying Grace explores the romantic relationships of leading Christians throughout history.

What were their relationships and marriages like? What did they believe or teach about sexuality and marriage? Did their marriages - or celibate lives - live up to their professed beliefs? How did they handle the joys, pains, temptations and responsibilities of their intimate relationships, alongside their public life and witness?

330 pages.

What They're Saying:

"Rob Yule draws on a lifetime of scholarship and pastoral ministry in this unusual and fascinating book. He demonstrates the enormous power of marriage to make of two people so much more than the sum of their parts, but also its terrifying potential to diminish personalities and wither love - a 'terrifying grace' indeed."
- Natalie and Selwyn Yeoman

"In this very readable book, Rob Yule has given us a fascinating account of the marriage relationships and teaching about marriage of some notable Christian leaders down through the ages."
- Marj and Murray Robertson

"In this book, tracing the marriages of well known and loved Christian leaders, Rob Yule has profiled their characters with honesty and humanity, giving us an overview of theological thought and Christian practice in their lives and relationships."
- Ian and Mary Grant

About the Author:

Rob Yule is a retired New Zealand Presbyterian minister and a former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. He was chaplain at Victoria University of Wellington in the 1970s, a leader in charismatic renewal, and pastored churches in Christchurch, Palmerston North, and Auckland. He lectured in the former Manawatu Branch of the Bible College of New Zealand and on mission trips to the Czech Republic. He and his wife Christene have been married nearly fifty years and have five children and fifteen grandchildren.

Printed book: NZ$39.99

ISBN: 9781512780895 (Softcover)

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