SINGLENESS

'The excessive value the Western world has placed on individualism fosters a psychological tendency to associate singleness with living alone. This is a tendency the church should resist. Christian singleness is not a denial of the underlying principle of Genesis 2:18, that it is not good to be alone. Neither Jesus nor Paul as single men was devoid of relationships. On the contrary, their relationships flourished in both number and depth by the freedom and flexibility their singleness afforded them.'

Barry Danylak, Redeeming Singleness, p.215.  

MARRIAGE & SINGLENESS

'...Christian marriage is a testimony of the utterly faithful and unchanging love of God for his people in a permanent covenant relationship with him. Christian singleness is a testimony to the complete sufficiency of Christ for the present age and gives visible witness to the hope of our eternal inheritance yet to come; and Christian sexuality is an expression of the exclusive unity and oneness of the marriage relationship.'

Barry Danylak, Redeeming Singleness: How the storyline of Scripture affirms the single life, p.214.

SINGLENESS

'Of the three great monotheistic religions of modern time, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, only Christianity affirms singleness as a distinctive calling and gift within the community of God's people.'

Barry Danylak, A Biblical Theology of Singleness, p.3.