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What is the main difference between marriage and cohabitation?  Why should we prefer marriage to cohabitation?
These were the questions that were floating around in the comments of my post talking about practicing failure.  Studies have shown that those who cohabitate before getting married have twice the likelihood of divorce1.  So, contrary to the “test drive” [...]

One of the standard arguments you hear for cohabitation today is that it is practice for marriage. The reasoning goes something like this:
I may be living in sin now, but at least I’ll know what she’s like. I’ll know what I’m in for. I’ve done my window shopping, now it’s time for [...]

Marriage is an institution worth saving. It can be the source of greatest joy and stability for the couple as well as for children. It is something that is a blessing to those inside it and for those to whom it ministers.
However, it is being attacked from every angle– internally and externally.
Externally, it [...]