Married for God by Christopher Ash
Reviewed by Author & Blogger Tim Challies
It’s not like we’re hurting for books on marriage. In fact, there may be more Christian books on marriage than on any topic besides prayer. This means that any new book has to be awfully good to stand out from an already-crowded field. It was pure joy, then, to read Christopher Ash’s Married for God, and see it do exactly that. It is one of the very best books on marriage I have ever read—and I’ve read a lot of them.
We ought to want what God wants in marriage. Or, to put it another way, God’s why matters more than my why.
Many marriage books focus on the how questions. How can we have better communication? How can we grow in our ability to resolve conflict? How can we have better sex? Others focus on the what questions. What is marriage? What are its boundaries? What kind of people may participate in it? Ash, though, chooses to focus first and primarily on the why questions, for “If we get our aims clear, then we shall see why marriage has to be what it is, and we will be well placed to see how to build a strong marriage.” He grounds his book on this foundational statement: “We ought to want what God wants in marriage. Or, to put it another way, God’s why matters more than my why.” If this is the case, “You and I need to ask God what he wants and then line up our goals behind his, rather than expecting him to line up his goals behind ours.”
Marriage at its best is marriage that is aligned with God’s purposes. Read More.
Don’t miss Christopher Ash’s visit to South African from 17th September to 2nd October. Find more details of his visit here.
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