7 Myths about Singleness

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If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency.

Much of what we commonly assume about singleness—that it is primarily about the absence of good things like intimacy, family, or meaningful ministry—is either flat-out untrue or, at the very least, shouldn't be true. To be single, we often think, is to be alone and spiritually hindered.

But the Bible paints a very different picture of singleness: it is a positive gift and blessing from God. This book seeks to help Christians—married and unmarried alike—value singleness as a gift from God so that we can all encourage singles to take hold of the unique opportunities their singleness affords and see their role in the flourishing of the church as a whole.

If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency. Much of what we commonly assume about singleness—that it is primarily about the absence of good things like intimacy, family, or meaningful ministry—is either flat-out untrue or, at the very least, shouldn't be tr...

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4 reviews
Stephan Hughes
January 9, 2022
I felt the author made some very solid points and clearly debunked several myths about being a single Christian. However, there were some myths, such as singleness hinders ministry and singleness wastes your sexuality, he either provides more evidence to prove the myth or hardly addresses the myth at all but then makes a conclusion the content of the chapter doesn't support. It can be a bit of intellectual gymnastics for the evidence provided to support the conclusion about the myth. While over all, I think there are some good points made in the book, it is from the perspective of someone who has chosen to remain single, and therefor his conclusions (especially in the mentioned chapters) that singleness is the bees knees and the greatest thing since sliced bread. It can be a frustrating read for those of us who are single Christians where singleness is not exactly our choosing.
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About the author

Sam Allberry is the associate pastor at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of various books, including One with My Lord; What God Has to Say about Our Bodies; and Is God Anti-Gay?, and the cohost of the podcast You're Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors. He is a fellow at the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.

Sam Allberry is the associate pastor at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of various books, including One with My Lord; What God Has to Say about Our Bodies; and Is God Anti-Gay?, and the cohost of the podcast You're Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors. He is a fellow at the Keller Cent...

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