As I'm preaching through both Proverbs and 1 Corinthians, sexual sin and how to encourage Godly sexuality has been much on my mind. In her essay "Let's Have More Teen Pregnancy," posted on Beliefnet, Frederica Mathewes-Green makes many of the common-sense arguments for early marriage which have been rattling around in my head.
There are too many choice bits to warrant quoting here what would turn out to be the essay's bulk. Just click and read.
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You must continue this discussion, I see. I can agree with most of her statements; however, she doesn't address how to reverse the situation in an increasingly secular culture. It's kind of an "oh, the good olds days" position. Although, I have to say, that our churches are doing a good job of bucking the trends still.
Remember how shocked you were when one of your high school classmates married? She was a bright girl from a Middle Eastern/Muslim background. You thought she was throwing away a promising future.
It is the privilege of the older self to critique and reject the errors of the younger self.
And so it's good that the younger self never sees it coming.
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