 We [should not] make the mistake of thinking that marriage will provide the ultimate satisfaction for which we all hunger. To assume so would be to be guilty of blasphemy. Only God satisfies the hungry heart. Marriage is but one of the channels He uses to enable us to taste how deeply satisfying His thirst-quenching grace can be. Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
Source: Discovering God's Will |
| As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two. Author: Thomas Adams
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| Sex appeal alone is the poorest basis in the world for a happy marriage. Author: John R. Rice |
| A married person does not live in isolation. He or she has made a promise, a pledge, a vow, to another person. Until that vow is fulfilled and the promise is kept, the individual is in debt to his marriage partner. That is what he owes. "You owe it to yourself" is not a valid excuse for breaking a marriage vow but a creed of selfishness. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 109. |
| Divorce Myths:1. When love has gone out a marriage, it is better to get divorced. 2. It is better for the children for the unhappy couple to divorce than to raise their children in the atmosphere of an unhappy marriage. 3. Divorce is the lesser of two evils. 4. You owe it to yourself. 5. Everyone's entitled to one mistake. 6. God led me to this divorce. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 103-110. |
| The biblical union of two people into one flesh did not involve the annihilation of personal identity. The unity of marriage is not to be monistic but a unity in duality. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 31. |
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| The first negative judgment we find in Holy Writ is a judgment on loneliness. God said, "It is not good for man to be alone." Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 43. |
| The law of God was not designed by a capricious tyrant in order to keep his people miserable. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 149. |
| To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 68. |
| To submit to anyone less than Christ is difficult in a marriage. Yet it is Christ who commands women to be submissive to their sinful, fallible husbands. In this sense Christ is the silent partner of the marriage. It is hard for a wife to submit when she disagrees with her husband. But when she knows her submission is an act of obedience to Christ and honors Christ, it is much less difficult. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 48-49. |
| When the New Testament speaks of the church's glory, it is speaking of its dignity. By analogy, the husband is called to give himself to the purpose of establishing his wife in the fullness of dignity. When he uses his authority to destroy his wife's dignity, he becomes the direct antithesis of Christ. He mirrors not Christ but the Antichrist. Author: R.C. Sproul
Source: The Intimate Marriage, p. 57-58. |
| Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man. Author: Billy Sunday |
