Yes, according to a recent N.Y. Times story. Highlights: The American Community Survey, released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau, indicated that 49.7 percent, or 55.2 million, of the nation's 111.1 million households last year were made up of married couples, just shy of a majority and down from more than 52 percent five years earlier. The author suggests that while "the total number of married couples is higher than ever, and most Americans eventually marry, increasing numbers of adults are spending more of their lives single or living unmarried with partners, and the potential … [Read more...] about Marriage Households in the Minority?
Archives for 2006
How Important is a Parental Blessing?
One of the most reoccurring questions in college ministry is the issue of a Christian's obligations to one's parents. When does, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right" (Eph. 6:1) come to an end? After all, most thirty year-olds don't call their folks to check when curfew is. And what is the difference between children obeying (vs. 1) and "honoring" (Eph. 6:2), which the text implies is a life-long duty (“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land"). Things are more cut and dry in high school, when teenagers are under their parents' roof. … [Read more...] about How Important is a Parental Blessing?
Free Audio Messages by D.A. Carson
My friend Nick Nowalk sent me this great link to a list of free D.A. Carson audio messages. … [Read more...] about Free Audio Messages by D.A. Carson
Paper on Biblical Eldership
I previously blogged about the eldership seminar that Pastor John Piper conducted. The apprentices were asked to write a 2-3 page response paper to the seminar and to our reading of Alex Strauch's book, Biblical Eldership. In case you are interested, I am posting my paper. … [Read more...] about Paper on Biblical Eldership
What Makes Humans Different?
Time Magazine recently posed this question in a cover story dealing with DNA and genomic similarities between apes and humans. I was reminded of the Time article when reading an insightful post from Chuck Colson that dealt with the question of "Why music?" Excerpt: A worldview that insists that we are merely animals must be able to explain those traits that most set us apart from animals in terms that are consistent with that materialistic worldview. That leaves us with Stone Age groupies and “kumbaya” as preparation for hunting mammoths. What nonsense! Truth is, these “explanations” are … [Read more...] about What Makes Humans Different?
Evangelical Feminism and Liberalism (again)
Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism? by Wayne Grudem is "an expression of deep concern about a widespread undermining of the authority of Scripture in the arguments that are frequently used to support evangelical feminism. And it is also a way of posing a question: can a movement that espouses this many ways of undermining the authority of Scripture possibly be right?" (from the Preface) Chapter 2 does a good job showing that denominations which move away from a position of biblical inerrancy seem to also embrace the ordination of women. Grudem names a few denominations, such … [Read more...] about Evangelical Feminism and Liberalism (again)