This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence – Book Summary
The chasm between the biblical vision of marriage and the common human conception is—and has always been—gargantuan. Reflecting on over forty years of matrimony, John Piper exalts the biblical meaning of marriage over its emotion, exhorting couples to keep their covenant as a display of Christ’s covenant-keeping love for the church. He aims to lift the church’s low view of marriage to something infinitely greater, namely, a vision of Jesus’s unswerving allegiance to and affection for his bride. This Momentary Marriage unpacks the biblical vision, its unexpected contours, and its weighty implications for married, single, divorced, and remarried alike.
Downloadable Questions – PDFs
1. Staying Married Is Not Mainly about Staying in Love
2. Naked and Not Ashamed
3. God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace
4. Forgiving and Forbearing
5. Pursuing Conformity to Christ in the Covenant
6. Lionhearted and Lamblike—Part 1
7. Lionhearted and Lamblike—Part 2
8. The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission
9. Single in Christ
10. Singleness, Marriage, Hospitality
11. Faith and Sex in Marriage
12. Marriage Is Meant for Making Children—Part 1
13. Marriage Is Meant for Making Children—Part 2
14. What God Has Joined Together—Part 1
15. What God Has Joined Together—Part 2