A New Minority that Needs Protection

Although not quite yet an endangered species, marriage is in more trouble than we thought. There are now less married people than single people and unmarried people living together. Most of the young people I meet today still talk about wanting to eventually get married, but it seems most are taking longer than ever and many opt out of marriage for a trial run at living together.

Some studies have shown that people who live together before marriage have a higher incidence of divorce than people who haven't. Is marriage in the U.S. going the way of many European countries? What about the children coming out of those relationships? How can we more effectively communicate the truths of Scripture to a generation that seems to be bent on ignoring laying the fundamental foundation for an orderly society?