Tag Archives: Marriage
Hookup Culture, Not Monogamous Marriage, Kills Sexual Satisfaction
Hookup culture promises fulfillment, but research points to faithful marriage—and especially churchgoing couples—for greater sexual satisfaction. God’s design for marriage offers something casual encounters cannot: lifelong love and commitment.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Sexuality
Tagged Alex Cooper, Andrew J. Oswald, Brad Wilcox, David G. Blanchflower, family, Grant Bailey, Institute for Family Studies, Marriage, Sophia Bush
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Faith, Family, and Community Boost Fertility Rates
Faith, family, and community matter! New research links active faith and supportive relationships to higher birth rates. Children are blessings from God. Let’s celebrate new life, encourage young families, and build a culture that welcomes children.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith
Tagged America, fertility rate, Institute for Family Studies, Jason S. Carroll, Lyman Stone, Marriage, Peter Foreshaw Brookes
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Study: Married Mothers Are Wealthier
The media has spent years telling young women that marriage and family hold them back. Yet the data proves the exact opposite: married mothers have an average household income of $133K, compared to just $79K for single, childless women. Reject the cultural lies, embrace God's plan for marriage and family.
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Tagged Bloomberg, Brad Wilcox, family, Marriage
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Research: Fatherhood is Fulfilling
The culture tells young men that career & comfort are everything. Yet new research confirms what traditional wisdom has always known: fatherhood is directly tied to a man’s purpose, character, & deep fulfillment. Don’t buy the lie.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage
Tagged Brad Wilcox, Dr. Stephen Cranney, Fatherhood, Marriage
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New Data Just In: Church Makes Happier Marriages
New data from the Institute for Family Studies supports what we’ve long known: faith strengthens marriages. It is wise to invest in your marriage by seeking God together and nurturing your faith.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith
Tagged Alex Cooper, Brad Wilcox, church, family, Grant Bailey, Institute for Family Studies, Jane Lankes Smith, Marriage, Rich Dell’Isola
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Trump Defunds Sex Ed in Schools
A major win for parents and taxpayers: President Trump has cut $67M in federal funding from radical, so-called "comprehensive" sex ed in government schools that promoted sexual experimentation for students. Abstinence until marriage and monogamy thereafter is the proven, biblical model.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Education, Sexuality
Tagged Abstinence, Marriage, President Trump, public schools, sexual activity, Teen Pregnancy Prevention program
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How I’m Choosing to “Waste” my 20s
The culture says marriage and kids "waste" your 20s. But what if building a family is actually the most fulfilling way to spend those years? IFI's Alyssa Sonnenburg pushes back against the modern hookup culture and shares why she chose a different path:
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage
Tagged Alex Cooper, Brad Wilcox, family, Marriage, Matt Klapan
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An Unfamiliar Ring
I can’t say I’m totally shocked. But almost. In scanning through my Apple News stories a few weeks back, I stumbled across this article from Vogue (kindly pardon the obvious inference). “‘I Wear It on My Middle Finger’: Inside the Booming Market for Divorce Rings.”
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith
Tagged Annoushka Ducas’s, Beyoncé, Divorce, Juno, Marriage, Rachel Zoe
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Should You Aspire to Being Child-Free?
Our culture increasingly tells young people that marriage and children are obstacles to personal freedom and happiness. But God’s design for the family is not a burden. Marriage and children are amazing blessings.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith
Tagged Abbie Halberstadt, AM 560 The Answer, Christopher Parr, Dan Proft, family, Fidelity Month, Marriage
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Join the Movement to Overturn Obergefell
When Obergefell was originally passed, it was championed as this win for “adult equality.” After all, it was marketed as homosexual couples just wanting the same legal benefits as heterosexual couples, such as tax breaks.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith, Federal, Sexuality
Tagged Greater Than Campaign, homosexuality, Illinois Family Institute, Marriage, Obergefell
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Marriage and Family: God’s Design for Human Flourishing
Marriage and family are God’s design — the foundation of human flourishing. When families crumble, society follows. Strong homes, faithful fathers, and biblical truth are not optional… they are essential to civilization itself.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage
Tagged family, fatherlessness, Marriage, Penn State University, Second Treatise of Government, success sequence
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The Ugly Wife
Certainly one has a right to wonder why I would have such an offending title to this article on Rhonda’s and my 49th anniversary—January 15th. It does deserve an explanation.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Sexuality
Tagged anniversary, Marriage, The Princess Bride, The Ugly Wife
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How Christianity Revolutionized Marriage
Biblical marriage put men under God’s law and gave women dignity, security, and protection. Yet today we are drifting toward cohabitation and away from the protective, stabilizing institution of marriage that God ordained. Read this powerful excerpt from Love Thy Body.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage
Tagged Annual Social and Economic, Carrie Miles, Cato, cohabitation, Demosthenes, Love Thy Body, Marriage, Nancy Pearcey, Roman Empire
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Gen Z, Charlie Kirk Knew What Was Important
Charlie understood the devastation that comes when a generation stops prioritizing what is actually important– faith and family.
Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith
Tagged Charlie Kirk, family, Generation Z, Marriage, Max Lucado
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