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Piper grounds this in Malachi 2:14, where God calls marriage a "covenant" ( berith ), and in the Old Testament covenant between Yahweh and Israel. He writes: "The marriage covenant is a sacred, public, solemn, vow-ratified, till-death-severed, God-witnessed, law-governed, loving relationship between a man and a woman." (Piper, This Momentary Marriage , p. 23). pdf pacto matrimonial john piper
Couples are encouraged to take God's vertical grace (forgiveness) and "bend it horizontally" toward their spouse. Key Content Areas Let me break down the treasure hunt
This is the crown jewel of Piper’s covenant theology. He argues that God invented marriage for one ultimate reason: (Ephesians 5:31-32). He argues that God invented marriage for one
Piper’s position on divorce, detailed in his book Divorce & Remarriage: Four Christian Views (as a contributor) and his sermon series "The Tragic Duty of Divorce," is stringent: