Rubel Shelly ist vor allem als Prediger und Autor bekannt, dessen Werk sich mit christlicher Apologetik, Ethik und medizinischer Ethik befasst. Er trägt häufig zu religiösen Fachzeitschriften bei, und seine Veröffentlichungen wurden in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt, was seinen beträchtlichen internationalen Einfluss widerspiegelt.
In this book, a serious scholar with extensive experience in ministry looks at the question of divorce and remarriage. He offers a redemptive theology that affirms the importance of marriage, the urgency of helping people survive their marital crises, and the redemptive mercies and grace of God for those who have divorced and remarried.
Love, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control, Patience, Peace, Joy These facets of Christian virtue and character grow simultaneously in the life of the Spirit-controlled person, says Rubel Shelly. He goes on to discuss these virtues from that perspective. This a fresh, timely, and thoughtful look at Galatians 5:22-23. Christians are given an unmistakenable challenge to "cooperate with God's Spirit to allow our lives to bear beautiful fruit to his glory..."