DOES MARRIAGE MATTER ANYMORE? (1 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Mark 10:2-12
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Does Marriage Matter Anymore? (1 of 6)
Series: Marriage Series
Scott Maze
Mark 10:2-12
Today, I begin a series on marriage. My wife, Traci and I have been married over twenty-two years as 2017. Ours is not a model marriage. Traci and I found one another in a church while in college in Indiana. We have been really angry with one another over the years. But I love her more now than I loved her at the time of marriage. It's possible to not only fall in love but stay in love.
There's something about romantic love that captures our attention. We see it even in the love songs of our day. If you've been (or are in) in a relationship, what's your song? Maybe you are Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All? Or Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love? Maybe your more cynical about love ... Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do with It or the Righteous Brothers, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'? Even the Bibles also loves to marvel at married love: ''Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin'' (Proverbs 30:18-19). And while the Bible loves to marvel at marriage, our society is wondering if marriage matters anymore.
The State of Marriage
Marriage is disappearing in our society probably due to increased cynicism over lifelong married love. The number of American adults over the age of twenty-five who have never been married is at an all-time high. In 1960, only one in ten adults over the age of twenty-five were never married. While in 2012, the number of adults who've never married is now one in five.
And we are waiting longer to get married. In 1960, the average age for marriage was twenty for women and twenty-three for men. In 2012, the average age for marriage was twenty-seven for women and twenty-nine for men. 40% of new mothers are unmarried . Note this: half of all these unmarried couples are split up by th ...
Series: Marriage Series
Scott Maze
Mark 10:2-12
Today, I begin a series on marriage. My wife, Traci and I have been married over twenty-two years as 2017. Ours is not a model marriage. Traci and I found one another in a church while in college in Indiana. We have been really angry with one another over the years. But I love her more now than I loved her at the time of marriage. It's possible to not only fall in love but stay in love.
There's something about romantic love that captures our attention. We see it even in the love songs of our day. If you've been (or are in) in a relationship, what's your song? Maybe you are Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All? Or Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love? Maybe your more cynical about love ... Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do with It or the Righteous Brothers, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'? Even the Bibles also loves to marvel at married love: ''Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin'' (Proverbs 30:18-19). And while the Bible loves to marvel at marriage, our society is wondering if marriage matters anymore.
The State of Marriage
Marriage is disappearing in our society probably due to increased cynicism over lifelong married love. The number of American adults over the age of twenty-five who have never been married is at an all-time high. In 1960, only one in ten adults over the age of twenty-five were never married. While in 2012, the number of adults who've never married is now one in five.
And we are waiting longer to get married. In 1960, the average age for marriage was twenty for women and twenty-three for men. In 2012, the average age for marriage was twenty-seven for women and twenty-nine for men. 40% of new mothers are unmarried . Note this: half of all these unmarried couples are split up by th ...
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