Stargazer65
Puritan Board Freshman
I've been thinking about this for a while, but a recent CNN article brought it to my attention again:
Why young Christians aren't waiting anymore – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
Obviously there are various sins causing this trend, I could list many. But I highlighted a particular sin in Q139 of the larger catechism:
Do you agree that undue delay of marriage is an increasing problem in the church? Why, or why not?
Why young Christians aren't waiting anymore – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
Obviously there are various sins causing this trend, I could list many. But I highlighted a particular sin in Q139 of the larger catechism:
Society as a whole seems to be moving in a direction that delays marriage for selfish reasons. But my real concern is that Christianity is following suit. Young Christian men are plodding along through college, dragging their feet, spending their years of singleness in endless pleasure seeking with no real goal in sight. Young ladies are left waiting forever with no suitors and end up pursuing single careers. I'm sure that premarital sex is a natural outcome of this trend.Q. 139. What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?
A. The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required,780 are, adultery, fornication,781 rape, incest,782 sodomy, and all unnatural lusts;783 all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections;784 all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto;785 wanton looks,786 impudent or light behaviour, immodest apparel;787 prohibiting of lawful,788 and dispensing with unlawful marriages;789 allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them;790 entangling vows of single life,791 undue delay of marriage,792 having more wives or husbands than one at the same time;793 unjust divorce,794 or desertion;795 idleness, gluttony, drunkenness,796 unchaste company;797 lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays;798 and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others.799
Do you agree that undue delay of marriage is an increasing problem in the church? Why, or why not?