Well, as of yesterday I have been married 8 years to my beautiful wife. It has been an awesome 8 year ride that will continue for decades more. To those who have been married 50 years or even only 20 years, 8 may not seem like such a great accomplishment. Unfortunately, in our instant gratification seeking, relativistic culture, marriages that last more than a few years are harder and harder to find. I could accuse the secular thinking people in the world only; however, the church is experiencing this epidemic also. The marriage is under attack at every corner of our culture- homosexuals attack the definition, TV shows attack the necessity (Dan Quayle tried to call out Murphy Brown on this), and Hollywood stars very publicly attack the lifetime commitment aspect.
The Bible is clear on all three fronts: Marriage is between a man and woman, a significant purpose of marriage is to procreate, and it is for life. While the Bible speaks clearly on each of these issues, many today ignore what it has to say. This is truly unfortunate, not just for our culture as a whole, but for the countless individuals who pass up the opportunity to share their lives completely with another in the ways God intended.
Come on, Stephen, how tenacious is it to leave your blog without a new post in over a month? Your fans are starving for new material. Besides, no one as surfed into my site from yours in quite a while.