Category: Marriage
Yes Atlantic, What if Friendships, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
I am a vociferous magazine reader and I read a nice diversity of them. Real magazines, the kind you turn the pages to, those you...
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Is the Divorce Rate Really Declining?
Historically, the American divorce rate has generally been the highest in the modern world. This was true even in the colonial days. Beginning in the...
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How Are Marriages Faring in the COVID Age? The News Is Better Than Imagined
Is divorce increasing or declining in the age of COVID? Some stories say it’s skyrocketing. Others say the lockdowns have divorce on a dramatic decline....
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Does Marriage Protect Against Suicide?
It’s a surprise to no one that dramatic spikes in personal anxiety, hopelessness, social unrest and confusion are related to increases in suicide rates. Scientific...
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The Wonder and the Mystery
You can learn a lot from the lives of others, and I’ve often enjoyed reading about the lives of U.S. presidents. Ronald Reagan —whose love...
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A More Perfect Union
In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale was dispatched by English investors from the Virginia Company to determine what was going on in their new colony of...
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Student Sues Fuller Theological Seminary After Being Expelled for Her Same-Sex Marriage
Joanna Maxon began working on a master’s degree in theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in 2015. Fuller’s main campus is in Pasadena, California, but the...
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Why Children Need Both a Mom and a Dad
Mothers and Fathers Parent Differently God established marriage to connect a husband and wife and any children they have. So what happens when marriage breaks...
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What Did Jesus Say About Marriage?
“[Jesus] is not just nice, he is brilliant. He is the smartest man who ever lived. He is now supervising the entire course of world...
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Marriage is Good for Children
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And...
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Marriage – Why It Matters
Invitations, flowers, music, the dress, and a photographer. The church, a reception venue, food and cake – or maybe cupcakes. A limousine, tuxedos, bridesmaids, groomsmen...
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Kids Need a Mom and a Dad – That’s What the Research Shows
Children do best when raised by their biological, married mother and father. It’s more than just an opinion: Decades of social research demonstrate this outcome. There...
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Why Care About Marriage?
“Why should we care about marriage?” That’s the question Jim Daly, Focus on the Family President, asks in the prologue of his book, Marriage Done Right. After...
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Marriage Series
The Issue Family is the fundamental building block of all human civilizations, and marriage is the foundation of the family. The institution of marriage is...
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