Marriage: Contract or Covenant?
Wed, 10/07/2020 - 12:00am
There’s absolutely no shortage of life issues plaguing this sin-infested world we live in, yet one has become more pervasive than ever: divorce. Over half of all marriages end in divorce. The “sanctity of marriage” in modern culture is more like the “sanctimony of marriage.” Much of this due not only to a narcissistic society that considers everything disposable—including relationships—but to the widespread ignorance of the definition of marriage by design in Genesis 2:24 (then see “adultery” in Exodus 20:14; this isn’t just an “Old Testament God” thing, either—read what Jesus says about the Commandments in Matthew 22:36-40). Not surprising to me, a pastor, is just how many couples are already married before their wedding day!