Complement: Seeing the Beauty of Marriage Through Scripture, Bible Study Book

by Aaron Ivey, Jamie Ivey

Complement shines a compelling light on the beauty of marriage as God intends it. Through storytelling and real-life examples, Aaron and Jamie Ivey will dismantle the distorted cultural views of submission, servanthood, and leadership within a marriage, instead offering a better view of healthy, godly marriage. In this study, readers will walk through the purpose of marriage as the Scripture relates it, and tackle topics such as family mission, sex, leadership, fighting, and forgiveness. The Iveys explain how marriage is meant to not only give life and hope to both husband and wife, but also point the world to Christ.

Just as complementary colors come together to make a more vibrant painting, so husband and wife bring strength, beauty, and dignity to a marriage relationship and together leverage their individual giftings on the unique mission God has for their family.

Features:
6 weeks of personal study to complete between 7 group sessions
Leader guide to help guide group meetings
Teaching videos, approximately 15-20 minutes per session, available for purchase or rent
Benefits:
Replace cultural lies about love and marriage with biblical insight about what God intends marriage to be.
Be challenged to build a marriage that reflects Christ's love for His people.
Learn how to embrace God's mission for your family.
Be reminded that your marriage is worth fighting for.

224 pages, Paperback

Published March 2, 2021

About the author

Aaron Ivey is the Pastor of Worship at The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas, where he pastors a team of three hundred worship leaders, artists, storytellers, and musicians. Aaron has written and produced ten worship albums, and has written hundreds of congregational worship songs that are sung all over the world. His songwriting includes works represented in Worship Together, Jesus Culture, Capital Music Group, Doxology & Theology, and Austin Stone Worship. Passionate about mentoring and developing young leaders and world changers, Aaron spends much of his time communicating on topics of leadership, theology, art, and culture. He and his wife Jamie have been married for fifteen years, and have four children, Cayden, Amos, Deacon, and Story.

Reviews

[Darby Knox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to DNF this because our book had tons of misprints. Several chapters were scrambled and the Mission chapter was missing altogether. My rating is based off of the material we did get through. Our daily discussions were just okay (partly our fault for not sticking to it every single day), but the book facilitated great group conversations in our Sunday School class. This is worth a read, but definitely in a group setting.