This Momentary Marriage
Subtitle: A Parable of Permanence
By: John Piper.
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781433507120
Subjects: Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description: Even in the days when people commonly stayed married “’til death do us part,” there has never been a generation whose view of marriage was high enough, says Pastor John Piper. That is all the more true in our casual times.

Though personal selfishness and cultural bondage obstruct the wonder of God’s purpose, it is found in God’s Word, where his design can awaken a glorious vision capable of freeing every person from small, Christ-ignoring, romance-intoxicated views. As Piper explains in reflecting on forty years of matrimony: “Most foundationally, marriage is the doing of God. And ultimately, marriage is the display of God. It displays the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his people to the world in a way that no other event or institution does. Marriage, therefore, is not mainly about being in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. And staying married is not about staying in love. It is about keeping covenant and putting the glory of Christ’s covenant-keeping love on display.”

This Momentary Marriage unpacks the biblical vision, its unexpected contours, and its weighty implications for married, single, divorced, and remarried alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Noël Piper; title: Introduction: Marriage and martyrdom; title: Staying married is not mainly about staying in love; title: Naked and not ashamed; title: God's showcase of covenant-keeping grace; title: Forgiving and forbearing; title: Pursuing conformity to Christ in the covenant; title: Lionhearted and lamblike : the Christian husband as head; title: Foundations of headship; title: What does it mean to lead?; title: The beautiful faith of fearless submission; title: Single in Christ : a name better than sons and daughters; title: Singleness, marriage, and the Christian virtue of hospitality; title: Faith and sex in marriage; title: Marriage is meant for making children ... disciples of Jesus; title: How absolute is the duty to procreate?; title: The conquest of anger in father and child; title: What God has joined together, let not man separate; title: The Gospel and the radical new obedience; title: The Gospel and the divorced.