THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE: REPAIRING AND EXTENDING SHALOM

I spoke recently at the wedding of a friend’s son. I opened by comparing the couple’s decision to have me speak to Hitler’s decision to invade Russia. Not the opening for your traditional wedding talk. Then last week I spoke at the wedding of our youngest daughter and avoided mentioning Hitler at all. Good move.
The talks were quite different, but in both of them I suggested that the purpose of a Christian marriage was to repair and extend shalom in the world. In my daughter’s talk, I explored that contention ...