David J. Ayers
David J. Ayers (PhD, New York University) is professor of sociology at Grove City College, Pennsylvania. He authored Christian Marriage: A Comprehensive Introduction (Lexham: 2019), After the Revolution: Sex and the Single Evangelical (releasing 2022), and numerous articles, book chapters, and academic texts. He has taught courses on marriage and family for almost 35 years. Dr. Ayers and his wife Kathy have six children and six grandchildren.
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Why Would Anyone Get Married?
God’s Purposes For Marital Sex #6: To Contribute to Marital Happiness
I’m often asked, “Is it sex that leads to marital happiness, or marital happiness that leads to sex?”
God’s Purposes For Marital Sex #5: To Be For a Lifetime
The vows we made at marriage are for as long as both shall live, no matter what terrible events overtake us.
God’s Purposes For Marital Sex #1: To Represent and Embody the One Flesh Union
The covenant of marriage makes a man and woman one flesh. Sex within marriage profoundly embodies and represents this one flesh reality.
God’s Purposes For Marital Sex #3: To Be Delightful, Not Selfish
So much of modern culture is at war with the Christian understanding of marital sex.
