Summary of Timothy Keller & Kathy Keller's The Meaning of Marriage

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Marriage is a burning joy and a strength, but it is also blood, sweat, and tears. It is difficult and painful, but it is also rewarding and wondrous.

#2 The leading marriage indicators have been in decline for the last forty years. The divorce rate is twice the rate it was in 1960, and in 1970, 89 percent of all births were to married parents. However, many young adults believe that these are the two main options: single and lonely, or married and bored.

#3 The assumption that people should get married and be financially secure before they get married is false. While some 45 percent of marriages end in divorce, the majority of divorces happen to those who marry before the age of eighteen, have dropped out of high school, and have had a baby together before marrying.

#4 The movie Monogamy, which was based on a oral history of breaking up, depicted two people who loved each other very much but who could not make it work. However, most people are happy in their marriages, and most who are not get divorced eventually becoming happy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669355274

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Insights on Timothy Keller & Kathy Keller's The Meaning of Marriage

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Marriage is a burning joy and a strength, but it is also blood, sweat, and tears. It is difficult and painful, but it is also rewarding and wondrous.

#2

The leading marriage indicators have been in decline for the last forty years. The divorce rate is twice the rate it was in 1960, and in 1970, 89 percent of all births were to married parents. However, many young adults believe that these are the two main options: single and lonely, or married and bored.

#3

The assumption that people should get married and be financially secure before they get married is false. While some 45 percent of marriages end in divorce, the majority of divorces happen to those who marry before the age of eighteen, have dropped out of high school, and have had a baby together before marrying.

#4

The movie Monogamy, which was based on a oral history of breaking up, depicted two people who loved each other very much but who could not make it work. However, most people are happy in their marriages, and most who are not get divorced eventually becoming happy.

#5

The purpose of marriage was once to create a framework for lifelong devotion and love between a husband and a wife, but today it is more often seen as a terminal sexual contract.

#6

The newer view of marriage, which is that it is a contract between two parties for mutual individual growth and satisfaction, has replaced the older ones in Western culture. This change has been revolutionary, and it leaves us desperately trapped between unrealistic longings for and terrible fears about marriage.

#7

The expectation that men will be commitment-phobic and wait until they find the perfect