Foreword: pendulums and pictures / by Noël Piper -- Introduction: Marriage and martyrdom -- Staying married is not mainly about staying in love -- Naked and not ashamed -- God's showcase of covenant-keeping grace -- Forgiving and forbearing -- Pursuing conformity to Christ in the covenant -- Lionhearted and lamblike : the Christian husband as head: foundations of headship -- Lionhearted and lamblike : the Christian husband as head: what does it mean to lead? -- The beautiful faith of fearless submission -- Single in Christ : a name better than sons and daughters -- Singleness, marriage, and the Christian virtue of hospitality -- Faith and sex in marriage -- Marriage is meant for making children ... disciples of Jesus: how absolute is the duty to procreate? -- Marriage is meant for making children ... disciples of Jesus: the conquest of anger in father and child -- What God has joined together, let not man separate: the Gospel and the radical new obedience -- What God has joined together, let not man separate: the Gospel and the divorced