The Purpose of Passion: Dante's Epic Vision of Romantic Love

Have you ever wondered if you?re following God?s plan for your love life? Whether single or married, you ache for a deep, satisfying, romantic connection-but aren?t always sure how to handle the heartache and pain that come along the way. If love is truly a gift from God, why does it sometimes lead to the heights of heaven and other times to the depths of despair?One of the world?s greatest love stories holds the answer. In The Purpose of Passion, best-selling authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware journey through The Divine Comedy to discover what Dante, one of the most influential Christian writers of all time, reveals about love in his literary masterpiece. Discover the secrets that it contains about passion, romance, and spirituality-and how they are all connected. Whether you?ve found true love or ache from its absence, your love life is always driving you closer to or away from God. No matter where you find yourself on love?s path, The Purpose of Passion will lead you on a spiritual adventure through the underworld of Inferno, on a purifying trek up mount Purgatory, and into the ultimate bliss of Paradise-revealing God?s ultimate desire for your heart. From the Back Cover God?s vision for your love life is greater than you imagined! Whether single or married, you ache for a deep, satisfying, intimate connection. And for good reason. God hardwired you for relationship with the opposite sex as a foretaste of the ?happily ever after? for which you were made. Discover what one of the world?s greatest love stories says about the meaning of romance. In The Purpose of Passion, best-selling authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware journey through The Divine Comedy to discover what Dante, one of the most influential Christian writers of all time, reveals about love in his literary masterpiece. Discover the secrets it contains about passion, romance, and spirituality-and how they are all connected. No matter where you find yourself on love?s journey, The Purpose of Passion will lead you on an adventure to discover God?s ultimate desire for your heart.