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What Is the Ultimate Purpose of Marriage?

July 2, 2024

Marriage and Divorce

What Is the Ultimate Purpose of Marriage?

25 min

Marriage and Divorce

What Is the Ultimate Purpose of Marriage?

25 min

“In marriage, what we’re doing is we’re covenanting with another person before God, to be committed to each other, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer.”
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

Does Romans 13 call Christians to obey traffic laws?
Should I submit to my body or obey my mind?
What is the ultimate point of marriage?
How do I deal with an accusing conscience?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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