Marriage - articles
Rethinking Marriage: A Biblical Response
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband. (Ephesians 5:33)
Put aside the cultural threats and you discover that those of us who affirm a biblical (or at least traditional) view of marriage are doing a good job of tearing down this divinely ordained institution all by ourselves. more »
by: staff - May 1, 2006 - comments: 7 - topic(s): Family, Marriage
Debt: Family Enemy #1
Studies now have confirmed what I’ve observed while counseling married couples over the years: money is a leading factor in family conflict. By the time a couple reaches the counseling stage, conflict over spending and saving probably has been eating at their relationship for years. more »
by: Tom Atwood - Nov 1, 2005 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Family, Living, Finances, Marriage
Paul, Women, and the Church
The Apostle Paul, and the Bible in general, teach an equality between the sexes expressed by how they complete each other.
When 21st-century Christians approach the Apostle Paul’s teachings concerning wives submitting graciously to their husbands (Eph. more »
by: Richard Land - Mar 31, 2004 - topic(s): Faith, Bible, Family, Marriage
Thou Shalt Interfere in Thy Neighbor’s Marriage
Divorce is selfish and harmful, and it’s our duty not to go along with it.
According to the 2000 census, the number of households headed by unmarried people grew almost 72 percent in the previous ten years. more »
by: Richard Land - Jun 25, 2002 - topic(s): Family, Marriage
Why We Couldn’t Get Along
Behind the flap over same-sex unions and a Christian marriage statement.
The big news was supposed to be that leaders from the nation’s two largest religious denominations, Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists, were joining with the president of the largest umbrella group of evangelicals (National Association of Evangelicals) and mainline Protestants (National Council of Churches) to affirm their common commitment to marriage as a God-ordained “holy union of one man and one woman in which they commit, with God’s help, to build a loving, life-giving, faithful relationship that will last a lifetime.” more »
by: Richard Land - Nov 29, 2000 - topic(s): Family, Marriage
Why Do Baptists Have Such a High Divorce Rate?
The sexual revolution affects even the most devout Christians
When it comes to the subject of marriage, Baptists cannot seem to stay out of the news. more »
by: Richard Land - Feb 24, 2000 - topic(s): Family, Marriage