Tim Challies hits it out of the park with this post, provocatively titled “If Satan Took Up Marriage Counseling.” It reveals much about how our culture’s view of marriage differs from God’s intention. Many of the points Challies makes highlight the extent to which even Christians need to have our view of marriage reformed by the scriptures. Two choice quotations:
“If Satan took up marriage counseling, he would want people to miss the contradiction that while marriage is in some ways insignificant and easily dissolved, it is also so significant that a wedding should cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars and that the institution is best dignified when a couple puts themselves heavily in debt to make sure every detail is perfect. He would want people to believe that the best measure of a successful wedding is that it wows the attendees, glorifies the couple, and looks great on Instagram.”
“If Satan took up marriage counseling, he would want even Christians to focus more on the struggles and difficulties of marriage than on its joys. He would want even Christians to talk often about how hard it is and seldom about how good it is. And he would most certainly want Christians to forget all about the reality that the deepest meaning of marriage is not first about a husband and wife but about Christ and his church.”
