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Rob Lister

Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
La Mirada, California


It is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia hard to imagine selecting a more enjoyable or more encouraging book to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia review on the topic of marriage and family than that of John iper's recent gift to the church, This Momentary Marriage. In it, Piper blends his characteristicallycareful handling of the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia biblical text and riveting od-ward focus with the practical insights of forty years of marriage and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia raising a family. And, of course, as we have come to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia expect from Piper, the personal application is every bit as penetrating as the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia biblical exposition is sure-footed. Consequently, this book stands out noticeably from want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the many books on marriage published every year.

My purpose in this review is not to summarize This Momentary Marriage exhaustively (the goal of each chapter is readily discernible in each chapter's title). Rather, my more focused aim is simply to commend the book to JBMW's readers, by pointing out its beautifully God-centered thesis and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia then providing three brief soundings of Piper's treatment of various aspects of marriage in light of this want to buy Zithromax in malaysia overarching vision. The primary thesis of This Momentary Marriage is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia that marriage, in this life, is an impermanent shadow pointing to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the far grander reality of the relationship between Christ and his church that want to buy Zithromax in malaysia will last forever. As Piper himself eloquently puts it, while commenting on Mark 12:25, in the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia introductory chapter,

-There is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia no human marriage after death. The shadow of covenant-keeping between husband and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia wife gives way to the reality of covenant-keeping between Christ and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia his glorified Church. Nothing is lost. The music of every pleasure is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia transposed into an infinitely higher key (14-15).-

Or, again, as he says in a chapter entitled "Staying Married is Not Mainly About Staying in Love,"

-The ultimate thing we can want to buy Zithromax in malaysia say about marriage is that it exists for God's glory. That is, it want to buy Zithromax in malaysia exists to display God. Now we see how: Marriage is patterned after Christ's covenant relationship to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia his redeemed people, the church. And therefore, the highest meaning and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the most ultimate purpose of marriage is to put the covenant relationship of Christ and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia his church on display. That is why marriage exists. If you want to buy Zithromax in malaysia are married, that is why you are married. If you hope to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia be, that should be your dream (25).-

This is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the God exalting message that is then carefully woven throughout the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia remaining chapters of the book as Piper displays how the supremacy of God governs everything concerning marriage, from want to buy Zithromax in malaysia lifelong covenant commitment, to roles of headship and submission, to singleness, to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia sex, to procreation, to parenting, and even to the question of divorce and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia remarriage. Invariably, each of these individual chapters is excellent in its own right, but each one is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia also enhanced on account of the fact that Piper has well connected them to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia this big picture.



Sounding #1

Shortly after laying the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia main theological foundation for the book, Piper supplies four chapters (chs. 5-8), focused prominently on Eph 5:21-33 and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia 1 Pet 3:1-7, that are primarily aimed at addressing matters of a want to buy Zithromax in malaysia husband's leadership and a wife's support and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia submission in marriage. Not surprisingly, these chapters exhibit a mature and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia balanced complementarian vision of marriage. In chapter 5, Piper thoughtfully details "what headship and submission are not" (68, italics his), before turning to a biblical exposition of a husband's headship in chapter 6, followed by a probing application of a husband's headship in chapter 7, and an examination of a wife's godly submission-again contrasted with what want to buy Zithromax in malaysia this is not-in chapter 8.

Here, we may zero in profitably on just one facet of Piper's application of a husband's call to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia leadership, in chapter 7. In this chapter, Piper broadly defines headship as "the divine calling of a  husband to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia take primary responsibility for Christlike, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia home" (84, italics his). After supplying further biblicalrationale for want to buy Zithromax in malaysia understanding the biblical concept of "headship" to entail leadership, Piper expounds on the physical and spiritual senses in which a husband is called both to provide for and to protect his family. In his exhortation to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia husbands to take the lead in giving spiritual protection to their families, Piper applies Eph 4:26-27-"Do not let the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the devil"-as one example of how a want to buy Zithromax in malaysia husband may give such spiritual protection by exercising initiative in matters of relational reconciliation, following the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia pattern of Jesus' greater initiative in reconciling sinners to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the Father. He explains,

-I don't mean that want to buy Zithromax in malaysia wives should never say they are sorry. But in the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia relation between Christ and his church, who took the initiative to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia make all things new? Who left the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia comfort and security of his throne of justice to put mercy to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia work at Calvary? Who came back to Peter first after three denials? Who has want to buy Zithromax in malaysia returned to you again and again forgiving you and offering his fellowship afresh? Jesus, the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia Leader, the great initiative-taker. So, husbands, your headship means: Go ahead. Take the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia lead. It does not matter if it is her fault. That didn't stop Christ. Who will break the icy silence first? Who will choke out the words, "I'm sorry, I want it to be better"? . . . She might beat you to it. Sometimes that's okay. But woe to you if you think that since it's her fault, she's obliged to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia say the first reconciling word. Headship is not easy. It is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the hardest, most humbling work in the world. Protect your family. Strive, as much as it want to buy Zithromax in malaysia lies within you, to make peace before the sun goes down (91, italics his).-

In this want to buy Zithromax in malaysia summons to spiritual protection, then, we see a Christian husband's servant headship at work, not only in the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia form of theological principles and definitions, but, just as importantly, in action.


Sounding #2

Following the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia chapters on headship and submission, Piper spends two chapters (chs. 9-10) addressing matters of singleness, in which he demonstrates that want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the primary God-ward meaning of marriage is also the primary God-ward meaning of, even lifelong, singleness as well. In the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia first of these two chapters, Piper shows scripturally that the blessings of an want to buy Zithromax in malaysia earthly marriage and family-as wonderful as they may be-are subordinate to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the blessings of being part of God's family of faith (111). And, thus, we are want to buy Zithromax in malaysia reminded that those Christian singles who do not receive the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia former blessings are not at a loss for blessings from want to buy Zithromax in malaysia God, for the ones they do receive as sons and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia daughters of the heavenly father are, indeed, the better blessings (113). Additionally, Piper points out at least four truths about Christ that want to buy Zithromax in malaysia may be more readily displayed in lives of those Christians called to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia singleness (113-14). His point, of course, is not, that either the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia state of marriage or celibacy is intrinsically superior to the other, but that want to buy Zithromax in malaysia both have their unique challenges and their unique ways of bearing witness to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the glory of God (120).



Sounding #3

To take one final sounding, we will briefly consider Piper's analysis of the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia purpose of procreation in chapter 12. Once again, Piper's application of a want to buy Zithromax in malaysia God-ward focus to this topic provides for a compelling exposition. Here, Piper begins by acknowledging that want to buy Zithromax in malaysia one, obviously, common purpose that God intends for marriage is to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia have children. And yet, marriage is not ultimately or finally about simply producing children. Rather, as it want to buy Zithromax in malaysia concerns children, marriage is ultimately about "making children followers of Jesus" (141). As Piper explains a couple of pages earlier, "God's purpose in making marriage the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia place to have children was never merely to fill the earth with people, but to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia fill the earth with worshippers of the true God" (139). This, in turn, means "that couples who want to buy Zithromax in malaysia cannot conceive because of infertility can still aim to make children followers of Jesus" (138). Once again, readers are want to buy Zithromax in malaysia encouraged with the reminder that, in childbearing, as with all aspects of our marriages, marriage takes its main meaning in pointing beyond itself.



Conclusion

Though these soundings are merely samples of Piper's work in This Momentary Marriage, they are, nevertheless, representative of the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia biblical counsel that drenches every chapter of this book. In my judgment, John Piper has want to buy Zithromax in malaysia succeeded in his aim to dignify the meaning of marriage (and singleness) in all of its joys and want to buy Zithromax in malaysia challenges, by connecting the meaning of our "momentary marriages" to want to buy Zithromax in malaysia the glory of the fulfillment of those marriages in the reality of the want to buy Zithromax in malaysia eternal marriage between Christ and his bride. In terms of readership, This Momentary Marriage is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia written at a widely accessible level, so layfolk, and not just pastors, will find it want to buy Zithromax in malaysia imminently readable. Along similar lines, another nice feature of the book is want to buy Zithromax in malaysia that most of its fifteen main chapters come in at ten pages or want to buy Zithromax in malaysia less. So, married couples could easily adapt this book as a want to buy Zithromax in malaysia complement, for devotional purposes, to their regular Bible reading. I am want to buy Zithromax in malaysia also of the opinion that This Momentary  Marriage would make a want to buy Zithromax in malaysia great tool for a discipleship class on marriage. Beyond that, I can want to buy Zithromax in malaysia think of no higher way to commend the book than want to buy Zithromax in malaysia to mention that, henceforth, I plan to incorporate it as required reading for want to buy Zithromax in malaysia couples that I lead through pre-marital counseling.