MARCUS D. BRYANT is an ordained minister who served in a number of Christian Church congregations and on the faculty of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, before accepting his present position at Texas Christian University. There he is Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Pastoral Care at Brite Divinity School and a supervisor and consultant both at the Pastoral Care Center at Brite and the Azie Pastoral Counseling Center. His sermon published here was delivered at a seminary chapel service. In Bringing the Gospel to Marriage, Bryant brings a word of encouragement to those who are married during these times when marriage faces many experiential and theoretical tremors. He relates The creativity, fidelity, and permanence of love in satisfying marriages to the roots of the Judeo-Christian…