I was listening to The Dave Ramsey Show on Radio one evening while driving and he said what I had heard before that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. But here is the good news, that percentage could be raised to 90% with the following seven changes. I am recalling these from memory since I was [...]
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How to Increase the Rate of Marital Success from 50% to 90%!
Posted: September 1, 2011 in MarriageTags: 50 % divorce rate, Dating, Dave Ramsey, Honeymoon, Marriage, Song of Solomon, The Engagement Period, Weddings
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Review of This Momentary Marriage, Chapter 5: “Pursuing Conformity To Christ in The Covenant”
Posted: August 19, 2009 in Book Reviews, MarriageTags: John Piper, This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
In chapter four, Piper stressed the need for mates to forgive and endure the “sinful traits or annoying idiosyncrasies” of each other. In this chapter, Piper is saying the grace of God should so change us “so that less forgiving and forbearing is needed.” Each mate should focus on letting the grace of God change [...]
Review of This Momentary Marriage, Chapter 4: “Forgiving and Forbearing”
Posted: August 17, 2009 in Book Reviews, MarriageTags: John Piper, This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
John Piper has emphasized “that marriage is a model of Christ and the church.” Even the temporariness of marriage points to the eternal relationship of Christ and the church. Jesus said, “In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven” (Matthew 22:30). Piper gives a family [...]
Review of This Momentary Marriage, Chapter Two: “Naked and Not Ashamed”
Posted: August 13, 2009 in Book Reviews, MarriageTags: John Piper, This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
Piper contends that “Marriage between a man and a woman was designed from the beginning to be a reflection and display of that blood-bought covenant relationship” because Paul states that the husband/wife relationship “is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:32). Therefore “staying married is not mainly about staying [...]
Review of This Momentary Marriage, Chapter One: “Staying Married is Not Mainly about Staying in Love”
Posted: August 7, 2009 in Book Reviews, MarriageTags: John Piper, This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
I will be counseling a couple soon to be married. They wanted to read John Piper’s This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence. So I will review each chapter as I read and prepare for our counseling sessions. In chapter one, “Staying Married is Not Mainly about Staying in Love” Piper begins by contrasting the [...]
