Happily Ever After

Marriage between sinners has its inevitable messes. If you’ve been married longer than a week or two, you know how the hard realities of life in a fallen age can come crashing in. Perhaps you had a season of “once upon a time,” but soon enough you realized that this marriage, in this world, is not yet your “happily ever after.” We want to help. We believe that God designed marriage not as a trial to be endured, but as a pointer to and catalyst for your greatest joy. God didn’t design marriage to be your storybook ending, but a fresh beginning, to help get you ready for the true “happily ever after” when together we see our great Bridegroom face to face.

1. Opening Credits
2. Preface
3. Chapter 1: The Goal of Marriage Is Not Marriage | Francis Chan
4. Chapter 2: Seeing Jesus on the Stage of Marriage | P. J. Tibayan
5. Chapter 3: Serpents, Seeds, and a Savior | Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth
6. Chapter 4: A Special Agent for Change | Marshal Segal
7. Chapter 5: Sex Is for Believers | John Piper
8. Chapter 6: Marital Intimacy Is More Than Sex | Josh Squires
9. Chapter 7: Superior Women—and the Men Who Can’t Out-Give Them | Douglas Wilson
10. Chapter 8: Good Listening Requires Patience | David Mathis
11. Chapter 9: We Need to Talk about Submission | Kim Cash Tate
12. Chapter 10: As Long as Both Shall Live | David Mathis
13. Chapter 11: Unembarrassed by the Bible | John Piper
14. Chapter 12: Do You Expect Your Marriage to Be Easy? | Adrien Segal
15. Chapter 13: The Call to Love and Respect | Douglas Wilson
16. Chapter 14: Love Is More Than a Choice | John Piper
17. Chapter 15: Wedded in a Real War | Francis Chan
18. Chapter 16: Five Things Submission Does Not Mean | John Piper
19. Chapter 17: A Possible Marriage-Saver in Nine Steps | John Piper
20. Chapter 18: Seven Questions to Ask before Watching Something with Nudity | John Piper
21. Chapter 19: Do Not Deprive One Another | John Piper
22. Chapter 20: The Single Key to Personal Change | John Piper
23. Chapter 21: Budgeting to Bless Your Spouse | Marshall Segal
24. Chapter 22: A Wife’s Responsibility in Solving Marital Conflict | John Piper
25. Chapter 23: Men Run on Respect, Women on Love | Douglas Wilson
26. Chapter 24: Just Forgive and Forbear? | John Piper
27. Chapter 25: Loving Di cult People | Stacy Reaoch
28. Chapter 26: You Are Always in a Temple | John Piper
29. Chapter 27: You Are Not the Perfect Spouse | Jasmin Holmes
30. Chapter 28: Should My Spouse Talk to Others about Our Marriage Struggles? | John Piper
31. Chapter 29: Pray the Bible Together | Don Whitney
32. Chapter 30: Committed to Someone Larger Than Marriage | Marshall Segal
33. Outro Credits