“Marriage? Who needs it? That’s the attitude of about 4 out of 10 Americans these days. Over the last forty years, we have come to believe that one doesn’t need marriage for physical intimacy, for having children, or for social acceptance and success. Our culture tells us you can have all that and more and not ever get married. Apparently many are believing the lie.
Here is a summary of the survey showing that marriage doesn’t matter anymore. Al Mohler contributes an excellent essay on this trend and comments on the TIME cover story.
We are obviously swimming upstream against the current on this one. Beside this growing trend toward “who needs marriage anymore” is the obvious factors and temptations that destroy marriages that exist. May God grant usmarriages that reflect Christ and His church be strengthened in this day of decay.
