February 12, 2012 - 10:15 am
Scripture Focus: Ephesians 5:21-33
Given all our terrible marriage metaphors ("ball-and-chain," "tying the knot," etc.), it’s really no wonder fewer people are getting married now than ever before. If that’s what it’s really about, letting go of everything you ever wanted, then why subject yourself to marriage at all? Tim Keller addresses this in his book, The Meaning of Marriage: "We should rightly object to the binary choice that both traditional and contemporary marriage seem to give us. Is the purpose of marriage to deny your interests for the good of the family, or is it rather to assert your interests for the fulfillment of yourself? The Christian teaching does not offer a choice between fulfillment and sacrifice but rather mutual fulfillment through mutual sacrifice."