Children who will Divorce

I read an article that was showing how the same children that were happy growing up are also happy as adults. So the thought was that since they were happier they were less likely to get a divorce. However they found that these happy children that have grown in to happy adults are more likely to get a divorce. They say that this may be due to the fact that the happy adults have the self-esteem and self-efficacy to leave an unhappy marriage.

This fits right in with Wilson’s book Hurt People Hurt People. In her book Wilson says that people stay bad and even in sometimes dangerous relationships just so they can feel attached to someone that they feels needs them. This is largely due to the fact they feel like they have no value on their own.

Divorce — The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience

I came across this article and found it very interesting. The article is about a Professor Smith, a Political Scientist from the University of Washington, who did research and found that evangelical Christians fight for rights concerning the sanctity of life; like abortion, homosexuality, sex education, prayer in schools, etc, but nowhere in the mix was the topic of divorce. The sad part is, the divorce rate among evangelical Protestants is just as high as the divorce rate for the public, but the church has followed suit with the culture and made divorce a private matter. In the words of the author "evangelicals allowed culture to trump Scripture". Are Christians to busy preaching against very valid issues to pay closer attention to its own body of believers? Why are we not as passionate about divorce destroying the "traditional family" that we fight so much to hold onto as we are about fighting a homosexual's "right" to be married. Smith believes that divorce will actually cause more detriment to a family than homosexual marriages will and from what I have seen and read this will turn out to be very true if Christians do not step up and speak out against divorce. Not only speaking out publicly, but in the church as well. I'm sick of hearing pastor's say there is life after divorce, which is very true but why are we not helping believer's avoid having to face life after divorce. Is the church going to continue to conform to the worlds standards and beliefs about divorce or are we going to rise up and tell the church that no divorce is not okay and there is hope for restoration.