Evangelicals, Abstinnance, Sex, and Marriage

[Delta4Embassy]

Browsing around for something else, a hit to this article came up and I took a look. Very nice.

The Case for Early Marriage | Christianity Today

"The Case for Early Marriage"

Amid our purity pledges and attempts to make chastity hip, we forgot to teach young Christians how to tie the knot.

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[TheOldSchool]

I came very close to being married at 22. Thankfully things went south. That ***** was crazy

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Never been. Asked a gf a dozen or so years ago but she said no. Just as well.

(rest deleted, bitter and no point)

 

[Mad Scientist]

OP, it looks like Christianity Today was made for guys just like you! It's first editor was Carl Henry:
Carl F. H. Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His first book was Remaking the Modern Mind, 1946. His second book is a critique, The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism, 1947, in which, while rejecting modern liberalism, and preserving a doctrinal focus on the Bible, also rejected the rigidness and disengagement of Fundamentalists.

He disagreed with the "Fundies"!
Christian fundamentalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The term fundamentalism was coined by Baptist editor Curtis Lee Laws in 1920 to designate Christians who were ready "to do battle royal for the Fundamentals"

 

[Chuckt]

Browsing around for something else, a hit to this article came up and I took a look. Very nice.

The Case for Early Marriage | Christianity Today

"The Case for Early Marriage"

Amid our purity pledges and attempts to make chastity hip, we forgot to teach young Christians how to tie the knot.

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You're a lot more energetic to take care of a baby at 26 or 28 than you are at a later stage in your life.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I came very close to being married at 22. Thankfully things went south. That ***** was crazy

Never been. Asked a gf a dozen or so years ago but she said no. Just as well.
(rest deleted, bitter and no point)

Maybe you're doing it wrong?
I asked God to send me someone and about a month later I met my wife and we've been together 14 years now.