Marriage

“Different couples have different skills and interests. But aiming for a 50/50 split in household labor, childcare, and paid work seems to me to be a misguided goal. There is no formula that results in a ‘fair’ or ‘equal’ marriage” - IFS

“Section 6(b) of RMA recognizes that religious nonprofits and their personnel have a statutory right to decline any involvement with a marriage solemnization or celebration—including a same-sex one. ” - CToday

“What does it mean that the husband is the head of his wife? …What is the covering?…What “head” does the woman dishonor?…What does Paul mean by ‘authority’ ”? - Kevin DeYoung

“As American wives increasingly outearn their husbands, many couples experience what relationship coach Suzanne Venker calls ‘role-reversal stress.’ This stress can be deleterious for their emotional and sexual lives, three studies published in the American Sociological Review suggest” - IFS

“There is an unusual passage of scripture that is seldom addressed when dealing with the subject of marriage, divorce, and remarriage from a biblical perspective.” - Kevin Schaal

“we found weak (mostly nonsignificant) evidence that capstone marriages are more stable than cornerstone marriages. In other words, waiting to marry was linked to slightly more marital stability. However, there is new research that complicates that story.” - C.Today

“With 20,000 pageviews, the following article on cohabitation and divorce by IFS senior fellow Scott Stanley is our third most popular post of 2021 (this article was first published on January 12, 2021).” - IFS

“… Endgame: The Church’s Strategic Move to Save Faith and Family in America, a new book by John Van Epp and J.P. De Gance… they point out that most ‘churches currently allocate almost no capital or energy either to marriage ministry or to ministry for relationship health.’” - IFS

“Recent data suggests that faithful young adults can marry in their 20s without increasing the risk of separation.” - CToday