Pastors: Divorce, adultery a bigger threat to marriage
Should Christian churches use a much vigor to fix the outrageous number of broken heterosexual marriages as it does in opposing gay marriage? Not saying that we agree with gay marriage, however, the country is faced with a far more pressing issue: the Christian’s contribution to damaging the sanctity of marriage.
bq.. One of the great moral and political debates of 2004 concerns gay marriage and whether it would destroy the sanctity of marriage. However, some might say that as far as sacredness and marriage go, the sanctity as already been damaged —- by heterosexuals, including many Christians.
The true threat may very well be the rise of adultery, co-habitation and the mocking of marriage by some in society, particularly celebrities.
“Especially in light of today’s immorality and sexual promiscuity, the attitude of sanctity toward marriage has indeed been damaged,” said the Rev. Steve Struikmans, pastor of Rancho Community Church in Temecula. “However, that doesn’t mean that marriage between a man and woman in not sacred. It’s just that we are headed down a slippery slope.”
For the Rev. Greg Sidders, senior pastor of Sunridge Community Church in Temecula, it’s not necessarily gay marriage that is the concern, but the fact that so many heterosexual Christians are having difficulties in their own marriages.
“Of course, I am concerned about how the definition of marriage is changing in our culture, but frankly so many Christian marriages are in need of a repair in my own church that I spend very little time thinking about how to fix our culture,” Sidders said. “At Sunridge, our philosophy has always been to try to fix what is wrong with us instead of discussing what is wrong with others, and enough is wrong with us to keep us plenty busy.”
When it comes to marriage, Sidders believes that homosexuals are not the primary concern. Rather, Christians themselves need to focus on making their own marriages work.
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