A great interview

This interview is recorded on the last post. I listened to it last night and was so impressed with the point of view expressed. With our young generation "losing faith" rapidly in the institution of marriage and sex rampantly being practiced outside of marriage, there surely needs to be some foundational 'answer' to this crisis.

[Click on the WEB EXTRA INTERVIEW on the previous post]

As the parents of this generation we lament the condition and as the church we frown upon and are horrified by the state of affairs in family and marriage. With divorce higher in the church than out, maybe we should be asking what we are doing wrong and not just condemning the 'world' for its influence.
As a pastor I probably have been guilty of the same 'pressure' on young person's relationships Mark Gungor speaks about here.
Don't we think it's time for us to grow up our children, by stopping to try and control the outcomes of their lives. allowing and rather assisting them to make their own decisions that will affect their futures. We fear so much that they must not have and can't have the same life as we have that maybe we are driving them to total irresponsibility of their lives.

Not only by our own lack of character to live Christlike and faithful to the covenant of marriage, but also by our misguided philosophy, we drive our children to a self-centered life of disloyalty and misguided irresponsibility.

Have a look at this interview and see its merit. Its not always the answer, but I honestly believe that there are huge foundational truths we are missing here.


[Click on the WEB EXTRA INTERVIEW on the previous post]

Michelle are married now for going on 27 years and we married at the young age of 21(me) and 18. We waited for 6 years to have children, but enjoyed each other tremendously and worked through our differences, even without a lot of help from the church or family. We never really dated and so didn't have to deal with that whole minefield. I never knew anyone else, and you know I am very glad that I can be devoted to one person for the rest of my life.