{"product_id":"singles-at-the-crossroads-9780830813537","title":"Singles at the Crossroads","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOne of the 1998 Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly half of adults today are unmarried. But most churches emphasize marriage and family, leaving many Christian singles feeling marginalized or alienated. Though they look to Jesus and Paul as role models, many suspect they would be more acceptable to the church--and God--if they settled down and got married.Albert Hsu challenges this view. Christian singles don't need tips on finding a mate or advice on suffering through the single life. What they need is a truly Christian understanding of singleness--a biblically grounded, theologically informed perspective that honors singleness equally with marriage and family.Moving beyond pat answers, Hsu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edebunks the myth of the \"gift of singleness\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003echronicles how the church has overemphasized both singleness and marriage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eworks through discerning God's will as a single Christian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplains why searching for the right marriage partner can be misguided--even unbiblical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egrapples with loneliness, aloneness and community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewarns of common mistakes regarding dating, love and sex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHsu draws insight from an interview with John Stott as well as from the stories of other Christian students and professionals. Ultimately, singleness is not a problem to be solved by marriage, he says; rather, like marriage, it is an opportunity in which to follow Jesus. \u003ci\u003eSingles at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e points the way to a Christian community where all members are valued, Jew and Gentile, slave and free, male and female, married and single.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Y. Hsu (pronounced \"shee\") is senior editor for IVP Books at InterVarsity Press, where he acquires and develops books in such areas as culture, discipleship, church, ministry and mission. He earned his PhD in educational studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Al is the author of \u003ci\u003eSingles at the Crossroads, Grieving a Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Suburban Christian.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been a writer and columnist for \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e and served as senior warden on the vestry of Church of the Savior in Wheaton, Illinois. He and his wife, Ellen, have two sons and live in the western suburbs of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514583847186,"sku":"9780830813537","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_48ee2e4e-ccbf-4e99-9123-ce5e796d4b69.jpg?v=1730988153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/singles-at-the-crossroads-9780830813537","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}