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Marriage

The Case for Early Marriage
Amid our purity pledges and attempts to make chastity hip, we forgot to teach young Christians how to tie the knot.
By Mark Regnerus

Editorial: Lord of the Wedding Dance
What a Christian marriage ceremony is all about. | By A Christianity Today editorial

The Trouble with Ed Young's Rooftop Sexperiment
Yes, the church needs to talk more about sex. But pastors may need to talk about it less. | By Matthew Lee Anderson

Marginalized Marriages
The retreat from marriage is moving into the heart of the social order: the middle class. | By W. Bradford Wilcox and Chuck Donovan

God Loves a Good Romance
Marriage is about more than feelings—but it is never less. | By Gina Dalfonzo

With Parents' Help
Newlyweds will need our financial help for a while. | By David Gushee

The Waiting Game
Single adults can live fulfilling lives that reveal God's goodness. | By Christine A. Colón

Previous Christianity Today articles about singleness, chastity, or marriage include:

Q & A: Tim Keller on 'The Meaning of Marriage'
How the church can promote marriage more effectively.
Interview by Karen Swallow Prior

John Stott on Singleness
"Uncle John" explains why he stayed single for 90 years.
John Stott and Al Hsu

COVER PACKAGE: Weighing Young Weddings
An Ocean of Sorrow
Biological maturity signaling cultural adulthood has been the norm for most ages of human history.
Read Mercer Schuchardt

COVER PACKAGE
Restless, Reformed, and Single
Online dating services argue that God can use virtual reality too.
Sarah Pulliam

Wings for the Single Person
When the 'true love waits' pledge card has worn off.
Review by Marcy Hintz

Every Older Singles' Battle
With Singled Out, Christine Colón imagines what celibacy might look like for today's evangelicals.
Interview by Katelyn Beaty

A Grace-filled Engagement
The main problem with most marriages, says Paul Tripp, is lack of submission—to God. A Review of 'What Did You Expect?'
Review by Lynn Roush

My Top Five Books on Marriage
By Charles W. Tackett, CEO of PursuingHeart.com

Book Review
Talk, Research, Marry
Review by Cindy Crosby

Choosing Celibacy
How to stop thinking of singleness as a problem.
Marcy Hintz

Practicing Chastity
A lifelong spiritual discipline for singles and marrieds.
Lauren F. Winner reviews Dawn Eden's The Thrill of the Chaste.

30 and Single? It's Your Own Fault
There are more unmarried people in our congregations than ever, and some say that's just sinful.
Camerin Courtney

Sex in the Body of Christ
Chastity is a spiritual discipline for the whole church.
by Lauren F. Winner

"Reflections: Sex, Love, and Marriage"
Quotations to stir the heart and mind
Richard A. Kauffman

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