Comments on: Christians and marriage http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: CA http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/#comment-21064 CA Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:21:23 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12198#comment-21064 60% of those who are Christian but rarely attend church have been divorced. For those who attend regularly, the rate is 38%. So 2 out of every 5 marriages fail if the spouses attend church regularly. Perhaps we should call this "defining good news down". http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34656 60% of those who are Christian but rarely attend church have been divorced. For those who attend regularly, the rate is 38%.

So 2 out of every 5 marriages fail if the spouses attend church regularly.

Perhaps we should call this “defining good news down”.

http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=34656

]]> By: TC Avey http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/#comment-21055 TC Avey Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:10:48 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12198#comment-21055 My pastor recently told us a stat about how couples who pray together have a lower divorce rate than those who don't. Can't remember where he got the stat from, but it was interesting- though I wonder how reliable that study was. My pastor recently told us a stat about how couples who pray together have a lower divorce rate than those who don’t. Can’t remember where he got the stat from, but it was interesting- though I wonder how reliable that study was.

]]> By: Michael Snow http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/#comment-21051 Michael Snow Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:49:52 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12198#comment-21051 Yawn...never mind all that. Let's just get on with our divorce support groups and marriage 'programs.' Yawn…never mind all that. Let’s just get on with our divorce support groups and marriage ‘programs.’

]]> By: Michael Snow http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/#comment-21050 Michael Snow Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:47:44 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12198#comment-21050 This is hardly a pat on the back for us that we have '35 percent' fewer cavities than the general populace. We still have a lot of cavities that are essentially ignored in our churches. The church that I attended for many years did not even blink when the leading deacon just got married to the wife of a fellow Christian. [This was in a 'bible believing,' evangelical church.] All the same excuses are given if one even questions it: e.g. we've just got to love them...etc. Of course, that is the same excuse for those who support homosexual marriages. And we wonder why??? We have abandoned the biblical meaning of basics. That is why the view of many Christians about essentials like love, prayer, and forgiveness borders on heresy. http://www.amazon.com/Love-Prayer-Forgiveness-Michael-Snow/dp/159467664X/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_1 This is hardly a pat on the back for us that we have ’35 percent’ fewer cavities than the general populace. We still have a lot of cavities that are essentially ignored in our churches.

The church that I attended for many years did not even blink when the leading deacon just got married to the wife of a fellow Christian. [This was in a 'bible believing,' evangelical church.]

All the same excuses are given if one even questions it: e.g. we’ve just got to love them…etc. Of course, that is the same excuse for those who support homosexual marriages. And we wonder why???

We have abandoned the biblical meaning of basics. That is why the view of many Christians about essentials like love, prayer, and forgiveness borders on heresy.
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Prayer-Forgiveness-Michael-Snow/dp/159467664X/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_1

]]> By: FRC Blog » The Social Conservative Review: April 12, 2012 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/#comment-21045 FRC Blog » The Social Conservative Review: April 12, 2012 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:34:22 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12198#comment-21045 [...] “Christians and marriage,” David T. Koyzis, Evangel [...] [...] “Christians and marriage,” David T. Koyzis, Evangel [...]

]]> By: Some Good Links « Coram Deo http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/04/christians-and-marriage/#comment-21044 Some Good Links « Coram Deo Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:27:26 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12198#comment-21044 [...] David T. Koyzis writes on the myth that the divorce rate among Christians is the same as non-Christians. [...] [...] David T. Koyzis writes on the myth that the divorce rate among Christians is the same as non-Christians. [...]

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