Early Marriage? At what age should one get married especially to avoid having sex before marriage? Read article from Review and share your opinion.

[Barrington Brennen]

Here are portions of the artilce. Click on the link at the end to read full article and then return to this pafe to respond. The article is written by the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Semianry and republished in the Review

Shifts in a culture are often signaled by unexpected developments that represent far more than may first meet the eye. The cover story in the August 2009 edition of Christianity Today may signal such a shift among American evangelicals. In this case the cultural shift is nothing less than an awakening to the priority of marriage. At the very least, it represents a public airing of the question of the delay of marriage among evangelical young people. In that sense, it is a bombshell.

In "The Case for Early Marriage," sociologist Mark Regnerus of the University of Texas in Austin argues that far too many American evangelicals have attempted to deal with sex without understanding marriage. In particular, he asserts that the "prevailing discourse of abstinence culture in contemporary American evangelicalism" has run aground. While not devaluing abstinence, Regnerus explains that his research has led him to believe "that few evangelicals accomplish what their pastors and parents wanted them to do" -- which is to refrain from sexual intercourse until marriage.

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[Shelley Wilson]

What most people don't seem to realise is"What is the true reason for marriage". If you truly understand God's plan for the Marriage then all the concerns about the age etc would not be a issue. There are many reasons that the younger people are getting or want to get married early is:

1. Wanting to leave home to run there own lives
2. Want to experience what it is to live with someone of the opposite sex
3. Wanting to have sex legally...without the possibilities of have children out of marriage

For most of the older generation who have been married for many years and for those who were married. They will look more carefully into the relationship before making a decision. Wisdom is the master teacher. There is more to take into consideration, the capabilities of handling a long term relationship, all the things that come along with the marriage until death do you part. Sex isn't the only thing that keeps a marriage together. In this day in time, that is the easiest thing to get. There has to be more quality to get more quantity for your marriage to last.

Thanks for listening
Shelley "09"