The Gospel and Marriage Explain One Another

Among the many books I'm reading right now is The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Tim and Kathy Keller and (as I'm sure will be surprising to exactly no one) I'm finding it to be tremendously helpful. Here's one reason why:

In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth, Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but to sacrifice everything to bring us into union with him. . . . If God had the gospel of Jesus's salvation in mind when he...