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Christian marriage is one of the most important Biblical principles. Since God created the first man and woman, He intended us to create strong relationships with our nuptial partners, procreate, and participate in community life in this way. Marriage is the foundation of not only strong families, but also of strong individuals and strong societies. Therefore, Christians should continue to advocate strongly for the institution of marriage in spite of secular norms and trends that lead away from the marriage tradition.
The current trends that include a high rate of divorce, or domestic partnerships that do not result in marriage, do not correspond to Christian lifestyles. Moreover, these trends are relatively new and certainly do not reflect the millennia of tradition established by Christianity. The divorce rate has only been high within the past century, whereas marriage is an age-old institution. Domestic partnerships that result in children but not in the exchange of wedding vows is also a trend so new, that it remains unacceptable in many traditional Christian communities around the world. Christians need to return to our roots and remember that trends are less important than the eternal truths of God outlined in the Bible.
Christianity is also fundamentally opposed to violence in relationships. Unfortunately violence in marriages is not a new phenomenon. The Bible does advocate a patriarchal family structure, but the Bible does not in any way advocate violence towards women. Instead, the...
A Christian marriage does not restrict the freedom of women or men. On the contrary, Christian marriages liberate the man and woman to pursue their spiritual and intellectual passions both within and outside of the family.
The Christian model of marriage is based on theology. When God advised us to "be fruitful and multiply," He did so within the framework of the traditional Christian marriage. Adam and Eve, the original Man and Wife, established the role models for all future marriages. When God created man and woman, He specifically did so to distinguish us from the animals. God did not intend for people to procreate with anyone at any time, outside of the bonds of marriage, like animals do. The goal of human life is to serve God, not to create the maximum number of children possible. Marriage is a spiritual institution.
At the same time, Christian couples should be counseled on the joys of parenthood, so that they do not put off having children until it is too late. A marriage without children is unheard of in the Christian tradition because God sanctioned marriage specifically so that procreation could take place within the sacred bonds of the institution. Couples who are uncertain of their future together should also receive counseling within the Christian tradition, to prevent emotional, psychological, and social problems that result when the two individuals are…
Christian counseling has become an important treatment modality for a growing number of health care practitioners and patients across the country in recent years. Introduced during the early 1980s, Christian counseling advocates integrating religious practices and beliefs founded on religious traditions with psychotherapeutic techniques to provide an optimal approach to helping people cope with a wide range of personal problems and family issues. The purpose of this study is to
Christian Biotechnology: Not a Contradiction in Terms Presented with the idea of "Bioethics" most people in the scientific community today immediately get the impression of repressive, Luddite forces wishing to stifle research and advancement in the name of morality and God. Unfortunately, this stereotype too often holds true. If one looks over the many independent sites on the Internet regarding bioethics, reads popular magazines and publications, or browses library shelves for
Supreme Court of United States recently ruled that any state-level laws that ban same-sax marriage violate the rights of citizens under the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. As a global leader and trendsetter regarding social and cultural norms as well as public policy, The United States may have taken a great step towards global rights and freedoms. The American ruling obviously helps minimize discrimination domestically, but
Some Chinese researchers assert that Chinese flutes may have evolved from of Indian provenance. In fact, the kind of side-blown, or transverse, flutes musicians play in Southeast Asia have also been discovered in Africa, India, Saudi Arabia, and Central Asia, as well as throughout the Europe of the Roman Empire. This suggests that rather than originating in China or even in India, the transverse flute might have been adopted through the
Gender Roles Austen in her book Sense and Sensibility aggressively and successfully attempts to reconstruct fiction in patriarchal gender conceptions. The dissonance of a masculinized Dashwood and feminized Edward Ferrars amounts to a high degree of reconstruction of gender stereotypes. Traditional writers have urged women to come out strongly and condemn their discrimination by any means be it at family or community level. Moreover, Austen's female gender plays a subordinate role
Book Of Ruth and Marriage: An Analysis Into Religious and Secular Conventions of the Time The Gospels of the Old Testament provide the structure of Judaism. Yet, they also provide an interesting examination into the anthropological activities of an ancient people. For example, in The Book of Ruth, there is significant content that helps describe the nature of marriage between both individuals and between God and his mortal followers. Along with