Humility

Embeded below and linked HERE is a great video interview by James MacDonald of C.J. Mahaney titled "Grace Through the Humble to the Humble" (available through The Gospel Coalition).

Cohabitation Statistics - The Consequences

In "Together Too Soon" in World Magazine, author Mike McManus presents some saddening statistics concerning the growing trend of cohabitation.

• "The average cohabitation last 18 months"
• "Only 30% [of cohabitations] 'transitioned into marriage'"
• "the 70% of couples who separate after living together experience a 'premarital divorce,' which can be as painful as a real divorce"
• "Marriages that are preceded by living together have 50% higher disruption rates than marriages without premarital cohabitation"
• "those who cohabited even only for one month displayed poorer communication and problem solving skills than those who had not lived together first"
• "the majority of non-marital births (52%) occurred within cohabiting unions...13 million single-parent families cost taxpayers $20,000 per family in 2004, a total of $260 billion.  Half of that total comes from unwed births to cohabiting moms"

Hebrews 13:4 "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous."

The Gospel Coalition - Interview with Francis Chan

What's Next for Francis Chan? A Conversation with Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris from Ben Peays on Vimeo.
The Gospel Coalition Council members Mark Driscoll and Joshua Harris ask Francis Chan why he stepped down as senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, and what he plans to do next.