This Momentary Marriage by John Piper
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Singleness, Marriage, and the Eternal Horizon
Read Chapter 7 of This Momentary Marriage. Key Scriptures: Matthew 22:30; 1 Corinthians 7:29–35.
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Marriage is 'momentary' not because it is unimportant but because it is temporary — and understanding its temporariness is, paradoxically, the key to treasuring it rightly and freeing singleness from stigma.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Jesus says there will be no marriage in the resurrection (Matthew 22:30). Piper takes this seriously as a theological statement about the nature and purpose of marriage. Why does this fact not diminish the importance of marriage but actually clarify it? What does it tell us about what marriage is for?
2.Piper argues that if marriage ends at death, then singleness — far from being a second-class status — is actually the permanent, eternal condition of all God's people. How does that reframe the way the church should treat and honor single people?
3.Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 commends singleness as a gift that enables undivided devotion to Christ. Piper takes Paul seriously here and argues that singleness, when embraced for the sake of the kingdom, can display something marriage cannot: that Christ alone is sufficient. Do you believe that? Have you seen it embodied in someone you know?
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