He has proofread every paper I have written and has helped me develop into a better thinker and writer. For the past fourteen years I have had the privilege of calling Shane Garrison my husband. The School of Theology faculty at Campbellsville University has been my very own cheering department.
They encouraged me, lent me books, participated in my projects and answered my questions. He has demonstrated kindness, compassion, and Christlikeness in the classroom and has provided me with an example of fine teaching to strive for. As my dissertation supervisor, he provided guidance and direction and was generous with his time and thoughts.
I am grateful for each of these teachers and the gifts they have used on my behalf over the years.
INTRODUCTION
Girgis, George and Anderson define the conjugal (traditional) view of marriage as "the union of a man and a woman who commit themselves permanently and exclusively to each other of the type naturally (inherently) fulfilled by procreation and raising children together." This type of marriage is consummated by conjugal acts. Christian parents are biblically mandated to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4), and all Christian people are instructed to flee from sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18). 38Johnny Ivy Duke, "The Interaction of Parents and Church in the Christian Education of Children" (Ed.D. thesis, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986).
God exists as a being in community and humanity also exists in community.7 The community of a man and a woman acting as husband and wife is of fundamental importance for the continued existence of humanity and for the projection of the Creator throughout the earth. As Ephesians 6:4 prescribes, Christian parents are to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Kelley Raley and Larry Bumpass, “The Topography of the Divorce Plateau: Levels and Trends in Union Stability in the United States After 1980,” Demographic Research.
Axinn and Arland Thornton, "The Influence of Parents' Marital Dissolutions on Children's Attitudes toward Family Formation," Demography. 171Charles Winick, "The Beige Epoch: Depolarization of Sex Roles in America," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 376 (March. There is just an absence of the two parents, mother and father, who are responsible for the situation. " Another interviewee described TV families: "The fathers are really stupid.
Interviewees echoed the sentiment that parents should be "the first step into it" and the "first exposure". One father replied,. Twelve (43 percent) of the 28 respondents indicated that the church should also play a supporting role by assisting the family in marriage and sexuality education. Research question 2 asked, "What resources, if any, do Christian parents use to teach their children about marriage and sexuality?" The following two questions were asked to identify the resources that the interviewees use to teach their children about marriage and sexuality: (2a) What resources helped you to distinguish how to communicate or teach about marriage and sexuality. 2b) Do you use the Bible in your teaching, if so, how.
Parents' use of the Bible as a textual resource in teaching their children is shown in Table 16. Sixteen of the 28 interviewees (57 percent) indicated that they use the Bible both generally and specifically to teach their children about marriage and sexuality . Research Question 3 asked, "What teaching methods, if any, do parents use to teach their children about marriage and sexuality?" The following primary questions were asked of interviewees to find out how they teach their children about marriage and sexuality: (3a) In terms of teaching your children, is there a particular way in which you have dealt with the issues of marriage and sexuality.
Of the 28 interviewees, 6 participants (21 percent) had not yet started talking about marriage and sexuality with their child. Of the interviewees who had started marriage and sexuality education, some expressed some difficulty in having a formal conversation with their child. After identifying the population as "church-affiliated Christian parents who attended the CentriKid camp on Campbellsville University's campus during the summer of 2014," the study was open to hundreds of Christian parents.
CONCLUSIONS
Christian parents want to exercise control over their children's exposure to marriage and sexual content, both in the family home and outside of parental jurisdiction. The life experiences of Christian parents play a direct role in how these parents educate their children about marriage and sexuality. Most Christian parents do not like their children being educated about marriage and sexuality in public schools.
Christian parents desire to exercise control over the marriage and sexuality education their children receive. The Bible is the most prominent resource that Christian parents use to educate their children about marriage and sexuality. Textual sources other than the Bible are used minimally by parents to teach their children about marriage and sexuality.
Parents struggle to know the right time and developmental stage to provide their children with marriage and sexuality education. Christian parents want to be equipped by their church to teach their children about marriage and sexuality. Christian parents want a partnership with the local church in teaching their children about marriage and sexuality.
One hundred percent of the participants expressed an understanding of their own parental responsibility to educate their children regarding marriage and sexuality. The Christian parents interviewed expressed value for control over who provides marriage and sexuality education to their children. In general, parents expressed a desire to keep their children free from marriage and sexuality education within the school.
Those who did not view the Bible as a tool had yet to begin marriage and sex education with their children. Interviewees indicated that the church wants to address many issues surrounding marriage and sexuality.
Agreement to Participate
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INTERVIEW PROTOCOL
Questions regarding parental perspectives toward marriage and sexuality
Questions regarding resources used by parents in teaching their children about marriage and sexuality
Questions regarding teaching practices of Christian parents
Questions regarding the influence of the local church
17 Centerpoint, Lexington 18 Coral Hills Baptist, Glasgow 19 Cornerstone Baptist, Lexington 20 Crestwood Baptist, Frankfort 21 Crossland Community, Bowling. 32 First Baptist, Brandenburg 33 First Baptist, East Bernstadt 34 First Baptist, Fulton, KY 35 First Baptist, Hazard 36 First Baptist, Henderson 37 First Baptist, Highland Park 38 First Baptist, Hodgenville 39 First Baptist 401 Baptist, LaCenter. First Baptist, Madisonville 42 First Baptist, Middletown 43 First Baptist, Monticello 44 First Baptist, Hope Community Mt. 58, Frankfort 59 Immanuel Baptist, Glasgow 60 Immanuel Baptist, Lexington 61 Kings Baptist, Taylorsville Cyrianna, 62
8 Clearview Baptist, Franklin 9 Clearview Baptist, Murfreesboro 10 East Maryville Baptist, Maryville 11 Everett Hills Baptist, Maryville 12 First Baptist, Union City 13 First Baptist, Carthage 14 First Baptist, Cookeville 15 First Baptist, Fairview 16 First Baptist, Hixon 17 First Baptist, Lenoir City 18 First Baptist, Lexington 19 First Baptist, Livingston 20 First Baptist, Maryville 21 First Baptist, Medina 22 First Baptist, Nashville. 24 First Baptist, Portland 25 First Baptist, Selmer 26 First Baptist, Tullahoma 27 Flewellyn Baptist, Springfield 28 Forest Hills Baptist, Nashville 29 Germantown Baptist,.
MARRIAGE THESES
34;Therefore a [singular] man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his [singular] wife, and they shall be one flesh." cleave to his [feminine] wife and shall become one flesh". The priests of the Testament (those symbolically closest to him) with whom they could marry (cf. Lev. therefore, believers must be especially vigilant about what they believe and practice regarding marriage.
This is the only regulation in the Bible that refers to possible marriage partners, as Paul warned that believers are free to marry whomever they want, in addition to marrying "in the Lord" (1 Cor 7:39). The main reason for this instruction is the spiritual influence that an unbelieving spouse will inevitably have on a believer (cf. 5 Mz 7:4; 1 Kgs Neh, but this instruction also deals with the God/believer analogy, that is, being in a relationship with an unbeliever in marriage distorts this analogy. Due to its presence in several books of the Old Testament, polygamy is often mentioned in discussions of marriage and the family.
In contemporary polygamous cultures, polygamy is considered having multiple bilateral marriages; thus testifying to the integrity of God's design of the institution of marriage. Here there are only fifteen in number and limited to five books of the Old Testament – that is, Genesis, Judges, Samuel, Kings and Chronicles. There are no examples of polyandry (ie a woman having more than one husband) in the Bible.
In light of the fact that companionship is available in a non-marital context, this cannot be the sole or main purpose of marriage. Bruce Ware, "I believe this is one of the reasons why God has made the sexual experience in human life to be as pleasurable and wonderful as it is. Engelsma, Marriage, The Mystery of Christ and the Church: The Covenant Bond in Scripture and History (Grandville, MI: Reformed Free J.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here before God and before the community to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony; which is an honorable state established by God in the time of man's innocence, and which signifies to us the mysterious union which exists between Christ and his Church. Under normal circumstances, marriage should be fruitful; but the marriage is legal without children (1.
EXPERT VALIDATORS
Equipping parents to be the spiritual leaders in the family.” In A Theology for Family Ministries, edited by Michael Anthony and Michelle Anthony, 182-205. Spiritual markers in a child's life.” In A Theology for Family Ministries, edited by Michael Anthony and Michelle Anthony, 119-34. Wave of calls expected to turn tide on same-sex marriage ban.” The New York Times, March 22, 2014, sec.
That the Next Generation May Praise God: Family Discipleship in the Old Testament.” In Trained in the Fear of God: Family Service in Theological, Historical and Practical Perspective, edited by Randy Stinson and Timothy Paul Jones, 33-43. Why reach out and teach the kids?” In Childhood Education in the Church, edited by Robert Clark, Joanne Brubaker, and Roy Zuck, 3-22. With Looking, RuPaul and Modern Family, Is LGBT Life Mainstream Now? The Guardian, 19 February 2014, US edition, sec.
Growing Gaps from Generation to Generation: Family Discipleship in Modern and Postmodern Contexts." In Trained in the Fear of God: Family Ministry in Theological, Historical, and Practical Perspective, edited by Randy Stinson and Timothy Paul Jones, 143-62.