Sep 26
Oh, the joy of preaching. When you give yourself to a biblical text to study, pray over, and when you ask the Lord to give you a word to share with His congregation, an almost predictable pattern emerges. Most of the time, the Lord forces me to wrestle with the truth personally before I am …
Jun 13
In earlier posts, I shared the research from social science that demonstrates that marriage is falling out of favor in America. But, at the same time, the research demonstrates that marriage is a good deal to all parties involved, despite the common wisdom of the day. The urban myth that life is better outside of …
Jun 12
Increasingly, more Americans, especially teenagers, no longer see marriage as more beneficial to individuals than the alternatives, specifically cohabitation or the single life.[2] sponsored by the University of Virginia, has been collecting vast amounts of social science research regarding the benefits of marriage, and the results are absolutely staggering. Marriage is not only a slightly …
Jun 12
An essential element of the fabric of the American Ideal is the high valued placed upon the institution of marriage. For the first two centuries of our nation’s existence, more than 90% of all people eventually married in every generation going back to the mid 1800s. But for the first time, that number is dropping. …
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