During a time of cultural ferment and crisis with regard to marriage and the family, this book provides a timely solution, speaking directly to current issues and explaining the Bible's teaching on marriage and family. The recent rulings on gay marriage and debates on family-related issues have placed the topics of marriage and family at the forefront of the public eye moreso than at any point in history. Western civilization is confronted with the need to definethe meaning of the terms marriageand family. Professor Andreas Köstenberger and ethics expert David Jones have composed this popular-level book to speak to the issues at hand and point to the fundamental solution: a return to the biblical foundation of marriage and the family. Presenting a Christian theology of marriage and parenting, they offer insight on issues such as abortion, contraception, infertility, and adoption as well as helpful advice for those who are unmarried. The two writers also address two major threats to marriage and the family within the contemporary culture: homosexuality and divorce. Immensely important and well-timed, Marriage and the Familywill satisfy a hungry market on the lookout for the biblical truth about marriage and family.