Category Archives: Marriage
“Marital love in action” by Paul David Tripp
“1. Love is being willing to have you life complicated by the needs and struggles of your husband or wife without impatience or anger. 2. Love is actively fighting the temptation to be critical and judgmental toward your spouse, while … Continue reading
“Holy women who hope in God” by John Piper
“A Christian woman does not put her hope in her husband, or in getting a husband. She does not put her hope in her looks or her intelligence or her creativity. She puts her hope in the promises of God. … Continue reading
Filed under Bible, Christian Theology, John Piper, Marriage, Quotable Quotes
“The devil’s great enemy” by Martin Luther
“It is a great and special blessing when people in a marriage endure well. They are the devil’s great enemy.” –Martin Luther, Off the Record With Martin Luther: An Original Translation of the Table Talks, trans. and ed. Charles Daudert (Kalamazoo, … Continue reading
“Remember Jesus” by Paul David Tripp
“When you are working on rebuilding trust, you need to place your hope not in your husband or wife but in the third Person in your marriage, the Lord Jesus. He is with you and for you. As the designer … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Theology, Faith, Jesus Christ, Marriage, Paul David Tripp, Quotable Quotes
“The bright message of Scripture” by Paul David Tripp
“The bright message of Scripture is that change really is possible. God sent His Son to live, die, and rise again to give us new life and with that new life the promise of reconciliation and restoration. Your marriage is … Continue reading
Filed under Confession, Jesus Christ, Marriage, Paul David Tripp
“It’s called substitution” by John Piper
“Be sure you see this most wonderful and astonishing of all truths: God took the record of all your sins that made you a debtor to wrath (sins are offenses against God that bring down His wrath), and instead of holding … Continue reading
“We forget” by Paul David Tripp
“A lifestyle of unforgiveness is rooted in the sin of forgetfulness. We forget that there is not a day in our lives that we do not need to be forgiven. We forget that we will never graduate from our need … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Theology, Forgiveness, Marriage, Paul David Tripp, Quotable Quotes
