The only thing that marriage means for the everyday American libertine is a unique and perhaps outdated avenue for self-realization and personal satisfaction. And, once a marriage fails to satisfy and otherwise inhibit the individual via necessary sacrifices, it is discarded, perhaps in a long series of divorces and remarriages. Such treatment of marriage ignores biblical teaching on the subject (to say the very least).
In the corrupted vision of contemporary America, marriage is not a permanent covenant. That would entail that marriage is something anchored in a good beyond an individual spouse’s immediate desires—that husbands and wives are to provide one another “mutual society, help, and comfort” in prosperity and adversity. It is also not a remedy against sin, because, in America, sexual sin doesn’t exist as a category, or at least it’s been exponentially shrunk. And, as we are now finding out, marriage is not connected to the procreation and nurture of children.
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St. Jude's Anglican Church
We are a parish of the Reformed Episcopal Church. We have been worshiping together in the greater Richmond area for over a decade. We’d love to have you join us for Christian worship in the rich Anglican tradition.
