The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum What is Marriage to Evangelical Millennials?

Interesting articles to say the least. The "conjugal/procreation" premise that was said to have been lost in our modern evangelical milieu and should be embraced seems more Roman Catholic than biblical, IMO. What I found most lacking was the biblical mandate that marriage: 1) is to be between one man and one woman/wife. 2) is a covenant relationship not only between a man and a woman, but also before God and witnesses to that union. In short, the sanctity of marriage which is to emulate the union which Christ has with His Church was never mentioned.

Arguments against all forms of aberrant "unions", whether they be promiscuous, adulterous or homosexual typically seem to use logic, drawing from all sorts of practical reasons. However, is not the real and only argument what Scripture teaches (that's a rhetorical question)? Conforming to what God has designed and required for mankind not only in regard to marriage but all of life is the only valid argument which a professing Christian should hold unwaveringly.

That's my...