Category: Marriage
Brad Wilcox Exhorts Young People to ‘Get Married’
Brad Wilcox is Professor of Sociology and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. He’s also a fellow at the Institute...
Read More49ers Quarterback Brock Purdy Marries College Sweetheart: ‘I Love Your Heart for Jesus’
It’s only March, and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has already had quite the remarkable year. Purdy led the Niners at Super Bowl LVIII...
Read MoreMyths Persist: Pop Culture Wrongly Steers Women Away From Marriage
Decades of sociological research show women benefit from marriage. As Maggie Gallagher, co-author of The Case for Marriage, writes for City Journal: In virtually every...
Read MoreDeclines in Marriage Rates Mean Declines in Citizen Civic Engagement
The Institute for Family Studies (IFS) reports steady and dramatic declines in marriage rates in America are related to something many of us would never...
Read MoreTexas Couple, 91 and 92, Model Marital Bond in Dramatic Wildfire Photo
Record wildfires in the Texas Panhandle have scorched more than one million acres, destroying upwards of 500 structures. Speaking in Borger, Texas, Governor Greg Abbott...
Read MoreCouples That Pray Together Stay Together
My dear friend and colleague Glenn Stanton, director of Global Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, has written with regard to marriage: “Faith does...
Read MoreCohabitation Still Harmful – Even as Stigma Disappears
Pew Research Center reports that an overwhelming majority (78%) of young adults under age 30 believe it is wholly acceptable for unmarried couples to live...
Read MoreABC News’ Piece on Speaker Johnson’s Family Falls Flat
What does ABC News think is so bad about Speaker Johnson bringing his daughter to a “purity ball” back in 2015? The news outlet published...
Read MoreMarriage Rates are Declining, But Christian Men and Women Still Very Likely to Get Married
It’s no secret that the United States has been experiencing a decades-long marriage recession. In fact, the rate at which adults marry today has never...
Read MorePolitical Divide Threatens to Worsen Marriage Decline
Political and ideological polarization in America has worsened in recent years. Now that divide is threatening to exacerbate the already severe decline in marriage rates....
Read MoreA Good Marriage is Better Than Compound Interest
Shortly before his death in April of 1955, the renowned theoretical scientist Dr. Albert Einstein famously quipped that, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of...
Read MoreNo, Young Adults, Marriage Has Not ‘Outlived Its Usefulness’
Two in five (40%) of young adults say marriage as an institution has “outlived its usefulness,” a recent poll found. Though many young adults may...
Read MoreDon’t Believe the Modern Myth. Marriage Remains Good for Women.
You can read the first article in this two-part series to learn why marriage remains good for men by clicking here. In our previous article,...
Read MoreDon’t Believe the Modern Myth. Marriage Remains Good for Men.
There’s a growing trend – on both the left and right – that sees marriage in a negative light. Some claim that marriage is a...
Read MoreThe Good News You Haven’t Heard About Marriage: Divorce Rate Hits 50-Year Low
Declining Divorce Rate “Fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce.” Or so you’ve heard. That oft-repeated statistic may once have been true; it isn’t...
Read MoreThe Case for Marriage: Why Viral TikTok of 29-Year-Old Single Woman is Problematic
A video of a 29-year-old woman sharing the “benefits” of being a single adult has gone viral on TikTok. Podcaster Julia Mazur is single and...
Read MoreJennifer Aniston’s Sober Revelation: ‘I didn’t have any real training’ as a Wife
Few Hollywood stars over the course of the last few decades have been pictured on supermarket and online tabloids more than Jennifer Aniston, the award-winning...
Read MoreMarried Fatherhood Makes Men Better
It is often claimed today that all relationships are equally beneficial, as long as each are chosen by the individual and people are allowed to...
Read MoreSurprising Perspective About Marriage from a Secular Divorce Attorney
James J. Sexton is an attorney based in New York City who has helped litigate and finalize more than one-thousand divorces. According to his online...
Read MoreNew Research: Marriage Still Provides Major Happiness Premium
It is certainly a profound irony that more people should appreciate: While marriage rates have declined markedly over the last few decades, research continues to...
Read MoreResearch Findings: Your Smartphone is Not Your Marriage’s Friend
Marriages today seemingly face more of an uphill battle than ever before. This is unfortunate given all we know about how important marriage is to...
Read MoreWhy Christians Appreciate Sex as a Public Act
Few would contest the assertion that human sexuality is a wholly private matter. The collective laws of civilization and social mores require it be enjoyed...
Read MoreWhat is Happening with Marriage Today? Some Good News, But Mostly Bad
Obviously marriage matters. For the family, for society, and for the well-being of our children. It is the foundation of human thriving. But how is...
Read MoreDoes Premarital Sex Increase Risk of Divorce?
It has long been shown in the scientific literature that engaging in premarital sex is strongly related to increases in marital divorce. This was first...
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