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Marriage
Marriage is an institution ordained by God, and a basic building block of decent societies. Uniting man and woman in permanent bonds of love, marriage models the relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church, while furnishing a stable environment for the rearing of children. Liberalized patterns of pre-marital sex and cohabitation, the relaxing of restrictions on divorce, and growing pressures for the legal recognition of same-sex partnerships have drastically altered both the conception and lived reality of marriage over the past several decades. Even among many Christians, an essentially contractual view of marriage now prevails over a more covenantal understanding of the institution.
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Review
A Woman’s Mental Work Is Never Done
Sociologist Allison Daminger’s new book on the cognitive labor of family life is insightful but incomplete.
The Russell Moore Show
Listener Question: Where Are All the Mature Christian Single Men?
Russell answers a listener question about finding a spouse in a seemingly dry land.
News
What Algorithms Have Brought Together
Christian singles aren’t going to church to find life partners. They’re swiping on the apps.
News
Obergefell Changed America, but What About Evangelicals?
While support for legal marriage for same-sex couples ticks up, evangelical pastors and weekly churchgoers remain holdouts.
News
Christian Converts Pay the Price to Marry in the Faith
Three first-generation Indian Christians face strong societal and familial pressures.
Testimony
A Good Pair of Lungs
How burst pulmonary arteries opened my eyes to the gift of an ordinary life in Jesus.
Don’t Write Your Own Marriage Vows
Custom wedding vows are popular. But Christian marriage is about more than personal identity, ephemeral affection, and jokes about chores.
Qualms & Proverbs
How Do I Find My Identity in Christ When I So Want to Be Married?
CT advice columnists also weigh in on neighborhood church events and Christian conspiracy theorizing.
Christianity Today’s 10 Most Read Book Reviews of 2024
Analyzing the appeal of John Mark Comer and Jordan Peterson—and much more from the year in books.