Author : Keith Sharp
Forty years ago a secular news magazine reported, “Changes of a profound nature are under way in American family life…. This foment has convinced some social scientists that the ‘death of the family’ is at hand” (US News & World Report, April 16, 1973, p. 71). In 1980 18% of babies born in America were to unwed mothers, in 2010 it was 40.8% (cdc.gov). In 1967 the American divorce rate was 26%. Most states enacted no fault divorce laws, and the rate increased to about 50% in 1985, where it has remained (divorce.lovetoknow.com). It would be far higher but for the fact so many more unwed couples live together today (www.usatoday.com). Now 17 states allow same sex marriage, and the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated the federal law defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman. Marriage is the first divine institution (Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:3-6). It is indeed between one man and one woman (Matthew 19:4-5; 1 Corinthians 7:2) and is a life long relationship (Matthew 19:3-9; Romans 7:2-3). Man does not have the right to change it, alter it to suit himself or society, or leave it at will. As our society foolishly, blindly rushes toward moral destruction, Christians must be “the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:13-16).
