Happily Ever After: Finding Grace in the Messes of Marriage
By John Piper , Francis Chan , Jasmine Holmes , David Mathis , Stacy Reaoch , Adrien Segal , Marshall Segal , Josh Squires , Kim Cash Tate , P.J. Tibayan , Donald S. Whitney and Douglas Wilson
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30 devotional reading from 13 staff and contributors to Desiring God. Harder than you expected. Better than a fairy tale. Marriage between sinners has its inevitable messes. If you’ve been married longer than a week or two, you know how the hard realities of life in a fallen age can come crashing in. Perhaps you had a season of “once upon a time,” but soon enough you realized that this marriage, in this world, is not yet your “happily ever after.” We want to help. We believe that God designed marriage not as a trial to be endured, but as a pointer to and catalyst for your greatest joy. God didn’t design marriage to be your storybook ending, but a fresh beginning, to help get you ready for the true “happily ever after” when together we see our great Bridegroom face to face. The thirty devotional readings in Happily Ever After have been assembled to shape, challenge, and inspire your and your spouse’s (or fiancé’s) vision of marriage.
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Summary
Summary
30 devotional reading from 13 staff and contributors to Desiring God.
Harder than you expected. Better than a fairy tale.
Marriage between sinners has its inevitable messes. If you’ve been married longer than a week or two, you know how the hard realities of life in a fallen age can come crashing in. Perhaps you had a season of “once upon a time,” but soon enough you realized that this marriage, in this world, is not yet your “happily ever after.”
We want to help. We believe that God designed marriage not as a trial to be endured, but as a pointer to and catalyst for your greatest joy. God didn’t design marriage to be your storybook ending, but a fresh beginning, to help get you ready for the true “happily ever after” when together we see our great Bridegroom face to face.
The thirty devotional readings in Happily Ever After have been assembled to shape, challenge, and inspire your and your spouse’s (or fiancé’s) vision of marriage.
Author
Author Bio: John Piper
John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is the founder and teacher of DesiringGod.org and the chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God, Don’t Waste Your Life, This Momentary Marriage, A Peculiar Glory, and Reading the Bible Supernaturally.
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Author Bio: Francis Chan
Francis Chan, a pastor and church planter based in San Francisco, speaks to tens of thousands of people around the world every year. Known for his passionate, biblical style, he is the author of Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Crazy Love, which has sold nearly two million copies.
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Author Bio: David Mathis
David Mathis serves as executive editor at DesiringGod.org, pastor at Cities Church, and adjunct professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary. He and his wife, Megan, have three children.
Author Bio: Donald S. Whitney
Donald S. Whitney is the associate professor of spiritual formation at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the bestselling author of several books, including Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, and more. He planned to finish law school and pursue a career in sports casting after graduating from college, but while at the University of Arkansas School of Law he sensed God’s call to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He then enrolled at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He is founder and president of the Center for Biblical Spirituality. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife and daughter.
Author Bio: Douglas Wilson
Douglas Wilson is a senior fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College. Wilson is the author of numerous books on education, theology, and culture, as well as biographies on both Anne Bradstreet and John Knox.
Author Bio: Kim Cash Tate
Kim Cash Tate is the author of Cherished, Faithful, Heavenly Places, and the memoir More Christian than African American. A former practicing attorney, she is also the founder of Colored in Christ Ministries. She and her husband have two children.
Author Bio: Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
NANCY DEMOSS WOLGEMUTH has touched the lives of millions of women throughout Revive Our Hearts and the True Woman Movement, calling them to heart revival and biblical womanhood. Her love for Christ and His Word is infectious, and permeates her online outreaches, conference messages, books, and two daily syndicated radio programs, Revive Our Hearts and Seeking Him. Her books have sold more than three million copies and are reaching the hearts of women around the world. Nancy and her husband, Robert, live in Michigan.
Author Bio: Marshall Segal
Marshall Segal is a writer and managing editor at desiringGod.org. He graduated from Bethlehem College and Seminary.
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Author Bio: Jasmine Holmes
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Author Bio: Stacy Reaoch
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Author Bio: Adrien Segal
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Author Bio: Josh Squires
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Author Bio: P.J. Tibayan
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Religion |
| Runtime: | 2.33 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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