TY - BOOK AU - Piper,John TI - This momentary marriage: a parable of permanence SN - 9781433507120 (hc) AV - BT706 .P57 2009 U1 - 248.4 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Wheaton, Ill. PB - Crossway Books KW - Marriage KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Foreword / by Noël Piper -- Introduction: Marriage and martyrdom -- Staying married is not mainly about staying in love -- Naked and not ashamed -- God's showcase of covenant-keeping grace -- Forgiving and forbearing -- Pursuing conformity to Christ in the covenant -- Lionhearted and lamblike : the Christian husband as head -- Foundations of headship -- Lionhearted and lamblike : the Christian husband as head -- What does it mean to lead? -- The beautiful faith of fearless submission -- Single in Christ : a name better than sons and daughters -- Singleness, marriage, and the Christian virtue of hospitality -- Faith and sex in marriage -- Marriage is meant for making children ... disciples of Jesus -- How absolute is the duty to procreate? -- Marriage is meant for making children ... disciples of Jesus -- The conquest of anger in father and child -- What God has joined together, let not man separate -- The Gospel and the radical new obedience -- What God has joined together, let not man separate -- The Gospel and the divorced ER -