Summary of Timothy Keller & Kathy Keller's The Meaning of Marriage

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Marriage is a burning joy and a strength, but it is also blood, sweat, and tears. It is difficult and painful, but it is also rewarding and wondrous.
#2 The leading marriage indicators have been in decline for the last forty years. The divorce rate is twice the rate it was in 1960, and in 1970, 89 percent of all births were to married parents. However, many young adults believe that these are the two main options: single and lonely, or married and bored.
#3 The assumption that people should get married and be financially secure before they get married is false. While some 45 percent of marriages end in divorce, the majority of divorces happen to those who marry before the age of eighteen, have dropped out of high school, and have had a baby together before marrying.
#4 The movie Monogamy, which was based on a oral history of breaking up, depicted two people who loved each other very much but who could not make it work. However, most people are happy in their marriages, and most who are not get divorced eventually becoming happy.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Christian Living
• Love and Marriage
• Sexualité
• sexualité
• Sexualité

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669355274
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Timothy Keller & Kathy Keller's The Meaning of Marriage
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Marriage is a burning joy and a strength, but it is also blood, sweat, and tears. It is difficult and painful, but it is also rewarding and wondrous.

#2

The leading marriage indicators have been in decline for the last forty years. The divorce rate is twice the rate it was in 1960, and in 1970, 89 percent of all births were to married parents. However, many young adults believe that these are the two main options: single and lonely, or married and bored.

#3

The assumption that people should get married and be financially secure before they get married is false. While some 45 percent of marriages end in divorce, the majority of divorces happen to those who marry before the age of eighteen, have dropped out of high school, and have had a baby together before marrying.

#4

The movie Monogamy, which was based on a oral history of breaking up, depicted two people who loved each other very much but who could not make it work. However, most people are happy in their marriages, and most who are not get divorced eventually becoming happy.

#5

The purpose of marriage was once to create a framework for lifelong devotion and love between a husband and a wife, but today it is more often seen as a terminal sexual contract.

#6

The newer view of marriage, which is that it is a contract between two parties for mutual individual growth and satisfaction, has replaced the older ones in Western culture. This change has been revolutionary, and it leaves us desperately trapped between unrealistic longings for and terrible fears about marriage.

#7

The expectation that men will be commitment-phobic and wait until they find the perfect soul mate is not realistic. Men say that they won’t marry until they find someone who is physically attractive and has sexual chemistry with them.

#8

The traditional role of marriage is to change men and make them more interdependent. However, many men today do not want to change their natural instincts, passions, and desires. They want a marriage in which they can receive emotional and sexual satisfaction from someone who will simply let them be themselves.

#9

The new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, as it is no longer viewed as a way to create character and community, but as a way to reach personal life goals. This creates an extreme idealism that in turn leads to deep pessimism that you will ever find the right person to marry.

#10

Some people want too much out of a marriage, and are afraid of it. They want individual freedom and autonomy, and they know that any love relationship means the loss of all three. They don’t want to be married, and so they avoid it.

#11

The Bible explains why the quest for compatibility seems so difficult. No two people are compatible. You never know whom you’ll marry, but you think you do. You and your spouse begin to change in profound ways the moment you marry, and you can’t know ahead of time what those changes will be.

#12

Marriage is difficult, and it is not because of the people you marry, but because of the journey itself. Everyone knows this, and it is not because of the compatibility of your spouse, but because of the journey itself.

#13

The first reason no two people are compatible for marriage is that marriage profoundly changes us. We are all spiritually broken by sin, which means we are self-centered. Thus, it is difficult to live lovingly and well with another person in light of what is wrong within our human nature.

#14

The modern world makes the painfulness of marriage even worse, because people crush it under the weight of their almost cosmically impossible expectations. People expect their marriage to provide love, support, and security, but today we know those things cannot be guaranteed.

#15

Marriage is a dated cultural artifact that has been used to oppress people. Perhaps the time for marriage itself is past.

#16

The critics of marriage are not sure whether or not to keep it, and they are conflicted about it. They argue that traditional marriage is suffocating, but they do not want to give up on it.