What if I told you that everything you thought you knew
about marriage and divorce was wrong? You know, that 50% of marriages end in
divorce and the divorce rate in the church is the same as in the rest of the
world… Would you feel deflated? Would you be discouraged? Perhaps you would
feel a bit hopeless, and maybe destined for defeat? I think most everyone would
feel that way, and even the best of marriages might have times where the doubts
of, “are we really going to make it” might creep in.
Shaunti Feldhahn (a research analyst) decided to examine the
divorce rate, factors influencing the divorce rate, and then she found The GoodNews About Marriage! Basically, over the past several years we have been told
the divorce rate is 50% in and out of the church, Church Matters!
Not only has the divorce rate never been close to 50%, it
has never been the same for church attenders and non-church attenders (listento a sermon on Church Matters here). Feldhahn also discovered the actual
divorce rate to be between 20-25%, with that number dropping in half for those
attending church. These are just a few nuggets in this book I would recommend
to anyone wanting positive information on marriage and the church!
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