Modern Christianity seems to have largely overlooked the concept of a spiritual house for God today - but, as this book aims to show, it was a focus and an objection of deep affection for some of the most well-known characters in the Bible. More importantly, it is something that God loves, and therefore every Christian should surely learn to love it too!
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER TWO: A PATRIARCH'S GLIMPSE
CHAPTER THREE: BETROTHAL LOVE
CHAPTER FOUR: LIFE-LONG LOVE
CHAPTER FIVE: DAVID PSALMIST AND PLANNER
CHAPTER SIX: LOVE FOR THE HOUSE IN THE PSALMS
CHAPTER SEVEN: GIVING OUT OF LOVE FOR GOD'S HOUSE
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE GLORY OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER NINE: LESSONS FROM BETRAYAL
CHAPTER TEN: LOVING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATING INIQUITY
CHAPTER ELEVEN: HEZEKIAH'S WHOLE-HEARTED DEVOTION
CHAPTER TWELVE: ISRAEL'S PROPHETIC VISION
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: PREPARING THE PEOPLE