I had planned on posting something else today, but after watching this video this morning, I had to scrap my post so I could point people to invest 5 minutes into watching this video on marriage. It is a discussion between John Piper, Tim Keller and D.A. Carson, who between them have 116 years of marriage experience. To me that is a pretty great credential!
Not only that, but I cannot think of two other people that have had more of an impact on our live and marriage in the way they have taught the Bible than Tim Keller and John Piper. Joe and I are in-debted to them to challenging our thinking and raising our affections in various and many ways. John Piper has been especially helpful to me in marriage because he is so honest and real. He speaks in many places about the hardship of marriage and the struggle he and his wife, Noel, have gone through, fighting for faith in tears, prayers and counseling.
Piper, Carson, and Keller on Sustaining the Covenant of Marital Love from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
If this video sparks your interest and you have never read or listened to anything by John Piper or Tim Keller, here are a few of my favorites:
Books by John Piper
1. Future Grace
2. Desiring God
3. Don’t Waste Your Life
Messages by John Piper
1. Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain
2. The Happiness of God: Foundation for Christian Hedonsim
3. How to Kill Sin (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
4. Marriage: God’s Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace
5. Staying Married Is Not Abut Staying In Love (Part 1 and Part 2)
Books by Tim Keller
1. Counterfiet Gods
2. The Prodigal God
3. The Reason for God
4. King’s Cross
Messages by Tim Keller
1. Jonah Series
2. Bible: The Whole Story- Redemption and Restoration
3. Bible: The Whole Story- Creation and Fall
4. Cultivating a Healthy Marriage ( Part 1 and Part 2 )
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