Should We Leave Our Marriages for Greener Pastures?
The New York Times just published a stomach-turner on the dissolution of a marriage. It’s called “After the Affair,” and it’s by a woman named Judy Wachs (HT: Ben Domenech). The piece details Wachs’s...
View ArticleBack to Your Posts: A Response to Dalrymple on Marriage
My friend and Patheos colleague Tim Dalrymple released a humdinger of a post yesterday questioning whether Christians should still publicly defend and advocate for marriage in the public square. The...
View ArticleThe Key to a Strong Marriage: Humble Repentance
Every marriage is under attack. Marriage is given to humanity by God as, ultimately, an expression and picture of his love for his people. Satan, the anti-aesthete and anti-tutor, wants to tear this...
View ArticleGet Equipped: What Is Marriage?
The Heritage Foundation just hosted a helpful discussion on what marriage is featuring Robby George, Sherif Girgis, and Ryan Anderson. The discussion draws off a book, What Is Marriage?, just published...
View ArticleDear Evangelicals: You Don’t Need to Be Quiet, You Need to Speak Up
When it comes to evangelical public engagement, many of us are metaphorically in rocking chairs. The culture’s sure shifting, we say as we gaze at the sunset. In twenty years, you might lose your...
View ArticleBack to Your Posts (Again): Responding to Dalrymple on Marriage
I really like Tim Dalrymple. The dude is sharp, and he’s on the good guys’ side. He’s also forward-thinking. He’s just reopened the conversation in which I participated a little while back on whether...
View ArticleWhat Is Manhood & Womanhood? Two Interviews on Gender & the Gospel
Got a couple of resources for you here, both dealing with manhood, womanhood, marriage, and the gospel of Jesus Christ. The first is a 36-minute interview with the Family Policy Council of West...
View ArticleHow Should We Make the Case for Marriage?
This is not a small question. For evangelicals, the first place we go–and the ultimate source from which we draw–is God’s Word. Scripture is authoritative and normative, not simply for our Sunday...
View ArticleAre Republicans Going to Outpace Democrats in Supporting Same-Sex Marriage?
Denny Burk just offered a discomfiting commentary on the recent remarks at CPAC by GOP presidential frontrunner Marco Rubio regarding marriage. Here’s what Denny, my eagle-eyed colleague, had this to...
View ArticleRob Bell, Homosexuality, and the New Cultural Acceptance
So the new thing today is to publicly support same-sex marriage. Hillary Clinton just did; Rob Bell just did. Here’s what Bell was quoted as saying in the Huffington Post: In response to a question...
View ArticleDo Something Really Hedonistic & Wild: Get Married Young
Noteworthy piece from Karen Swallow Prior at The Atlantic on the costs of delaying marriage and the case for entering into it while young. Here’s a swatch: Interestingly, in a 2009 report, sociologist...
View ArticleIntroducing Marriage Generation
Have you heard of the just-launched pro-marriage initiative called Marriage Generation? A group of friends just launched it: Chris Marlink , Eric Teetsel, Andrew Walker, and yours very truly. Just this...
View ArticleShould Christian Men Call Their Wives “Smokin’ Hot”?
I just wrote my first piece for the CBMW Men’s blog, Manual (see the brand-new Twitter feed here). It’s an interaction with the fairly common practice among younger evangelical men of saying that their...
View ArticleOfficial CBMW Statement on the DOMA Decision: How Should the Church Respond?
Official Statement by Owen Strachan Executive Director, Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (CBMW) RE: DOMA and Prop 8 decisions June 26, 2013 *************** Today, the Supreme Court of the...
View ArticlePartnership with CBMW: What Will Donating Actually Produce?
If you support the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, what will you actually be supporting? What are we planning to tackle in days ahead? Here are a few projects we’re excited about. 1....
View Article3 Things That Marriage Accomplishes
One of the strongest challenges in creating a marriage-friendly culture today is overcoming myths that crop up around it. Because marriage is a huge deal, people alternately get scared of it, attack...
View ArticleHow Much Should “Connection” Factor Into Getting Married?
This is a tough question. It’s especially tough because many of us have been trained by our culture–romance novels, movies, songs–to think of “connection” as a mystical force. It’s unstoppable. It’s...
View ArticleGrace and Truth: Reflections on ERLC 2014
The first national conference of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention was held this week from October 27-29, 2014. I was present for most of the event,...
View ArticleThe Vatican Colloquium and the Future of Complementary
Right now in Rome, the Catholic Church is holding an international colloquium on a very important, and highly controverted, subject: sexual complementarity. The title of the gathering is Humanum...
View Article5 Implications of the Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states, per the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. What should Christians think and do in response? 1. We should recognize that this is a dark hour for America....
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