Preparing for Marriage: Help for Christian Couples

by John Piper

Publisher:

Desiring God

, 2012

ISBN: 2012100100001

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Getting to know that special someone includes learning about family and friends and schooling and athletics, favorite pastimes, books, movies, life’s best moments and worst, the brightest places in our background and the darkest.

But what about theology? Ever think to ask about that?

At Desiring God, one of our most accessed pages online is a set of questions John Piper put together for couples preparing for marriage (chapter 1 in this eBook). There is some of the typical stuff—like friends and entertainment and lifestyle and children—but many have found that John’s way of putting the question helps get right at some pretty deep stuff.

And then there’s the questions about theology, worship and devotion, and the roles of husband and wife—questions that far too many couples don’t think to ask. When preparing for marriage, or even in just beginning to consider it, it is of immense help to have the perspective not only of a seasoned husband of over 40 years, but also a seasoned pastor and theologian.

Top Highlights

“Until there is a passion for the supremacy and the glory of God in the hearts of married people, marriage will not be lived for the glory of God.” (source)

“Therefore God is absolute Reality. We are not. The universe is not. Marriage is not. We are derivative. The universe is of secondary importance, not primary. The human race is not the ultimate reality, nor the ultimate value, nor the ultimate measuring rod of what is good or what is true or what is beautiful. God is. God is the one ultimate absolute in existence. Everything else is from Him and through Him and for Him.” (source)

“So knowing God and cherishing God and valuing the glory of God above all things, including your spouse, is the key to living marriage to the glory of God. It’s true in marriage, as in every other relationship: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.” (source)

“all things—and marriage in particular—exist to move the appearance of God in people’s minds toward Reality.” (source)

“they exist to magnify the truth and worth and beauty and greatness of God” (source)