February 14, by dkevinbrown. Last time we talked about divorce and the terrible impact it has on the family. The report concluded children from these homes, compared to those from intact, married families are more likely to suffer from a range of emotional and social problems such as drug use, depression and dropping out of high school.
Cohabitation can also be more dangerous for children. The data shows children are at least three times more likely to be physically, sexually or emotionally abused in cohabiting homes, compared to children in intact, married parent homes. Just last week in Florida a judge allowed three names to go on a birth certificate.
Two lesbians and a gay man. Now am I saying that they should disown them and be mean, angry and unloving? Of course not! I guess times have changed. So, what do we do? We must continue to share a reason for our hope with gentleness and respect. Yet, for those children caught in these cycles of divorce and cohabitation, the Church must be there for them. We must take in and mentor these children. As I was growing up I had several men in my life that helped mentor me spiritually, including my grandfather, C.
Brown, and uncle, Curtis Greene, and a godly pastor, Jimmy Hubbard. I also had a wonderful, older friend by three years , Steve Bryan, who helped me many times by just being there to listen. They just want to know you genuinely care about them and will listen to them. Who is in your church that needs your help? What young person needs a friendly ear? Particularly young teen boys need a godly male in their lives. This is such a critical need in our culture today. Look around sir. Remember, as you are thinking about this, the majority of conversions occur between the ages of This is nothing new.
Chesterton saw this coming years ago. The heretics who defend sexual manias will never admit that they are anything but chaste. Marriage is more than a promise. It is a vow. There is a purpose to this vow. It keeps two people together in a bond of trust and safety which is going to be needed to protect the obvious outcome of the union of these two people: children. Today the new attack on marriage is to redefine it as something perverse, which is simply a different excuse to be immoral. The attempt to redefine marriage is actually an attempt to redefine sin.
