A Great Mystery: Fourteen Wedding Sermons

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“weddings are the last bastion of formality in an age of informality, the last ritual in a culture barren of ritual” (Page 2)

“And that covenant relationship pictures the relationship of Jesus Christ and His bride. But beyond that, it pictures the relationship of the persons of the Trinity. Father, Son, and Spirit constitute the original, the eternal covenant community, an eternal fellowship of love, loyalty, faithfulness.” (Page 4)

“It involves recognizing that this ceremony and gathering is not merely traditional. This ceremony takes place in the presence of God, and the making of this covenant is witnessed not only by the friends and family gathered here, but also by the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Page 87)

“A marriage formed by the pattern of the Trinity will be simply this: The husband, like the Father, giving himself in every way to beautify and glorify his bride; the bride, like the Son, giving herself at every opportunity to honor and glorify her husband.” (Page 6)

“This choice to be with—and refusal to be without—each other is the nature of every covenant. A covenant is not a contract; a covenant is not merely an exchange of gifts. A covenant is an exchange of persons. By your covenant vows, you are electing to be only if you can be with, and be for, one another.” (Page 14)