Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? Paperback Audible Audiobook Kindle Spiral-bound Audio CD

This isn’t a book that seeks to tell you how to have a happier marriage.

This is a book that looks at how we can use the challenges, joys, struggles, and celebrations of marriage to draw closer to God and to grow in Christian character.

To spiritually benefit from marriage, we have to be honest. We have to look at our disappointments, own up to our ugly attitudes, and confront our selfishness. We also have to rid ourselves of the notion that the difficulties of marriage can be overcome if we simply pray harder or learn a few simple principles. Most of us have discovered that these “simple steps” work only on a superficial level.

Why is this? Because there’s a deeper question: What if God didn’t design marriage to be “easier”? What if God had an end in mind that went beyond our happiness, our comfort, and our desire to be infatuated and happy?

This is a book that looks and points beyond marriage. Spiritual growth is the main theme; marriage is simply the context.

—Gary Thomas