Preparing for Marriage: Help for Christian Couples (Revised & Expanded) -- John

<p>Getting to know that special someone naturally includes learning about family and friends, education and athletics, favor&shy;ite pastimes, and your hopes and dreams. Ideally, you'll ask each other all kinds of questions, some vital and some trivial, and you'll talk about life's best moments and worst, the brightest places in your background and the darkest.</p><p>But what about God? What is his role in your relationship? What do each of you believe about him, and how do you understand his dream for marriage--for your marriage?</p><p>At Desiring God, one of our most accessed pages online is a set of questions John Piper put together for couples preparing for marriage (an updated version appears in Appendix I). You'll find many of the typical questions here--about friends and entertainment and lifestyle and children, and many people have found that John's way of putting these questions helps get right at some pretty deep stuff.</p><p>But you'll find other questions here, too--about theology, worship and devotion, and the roles of husband and wife--ques&shy;tions that far too many couples don't think to ask. When preparing for marriage, or even in just beginning to con&shy;sider it, it can be immensely helpful to have the perspective of someone like John Piper, not only a seasoned husband of nearly 50 years, but also a sea&shy;soned pastor, careful thinker, and faithful theologian.</p><p>Our hope is that a few couples--whether dating and considering marriage, or engaged and