Why does the evangelical church support abstinence pledges and purity rings but not young marriage? Why have we vilified “young marriage” but push a secular four-year college on a 17-year old with such tenacity? (1/4)
Does it have something to do with our lackluster attitude towards premarital sex and our idolatry of formal education and lucrative careers? I can name at least twenty couples in our church of 400 people who were married in their late teens/early twenties... (2/4)
and are still living healthy in the eyes of the Lord. I would love to see 1) Parents take more of an active role in their children’s courtships. 2) No more long engagements. 3) Teens/Young Adults chasing Christ under teaching parents, pastors and family worship. (3/4)
4) A full dismissal of the statement “don’t get married till after college.” If it be the will of the Lord for your lives: Chase Christ. Get married. Have kids. Grow. Grow. Grow. Grow. #make18adultagain
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