Giving Our Sons and Daughters in Marriage—Our Covenantal Responsibility (2)
Den Hartog addresses parental responsibilities in guiding their covenant children toward godly marriages, drawing parallels between the biblical crisis in Ezra when God's people intermarried with unbelievers and the contemporary challenge of Christian young people marrying those who live as practical atheists. The article emphasizes that parents bear a covenantal obligation to carefully supervise dating and courtship, providing wisdom and encouragement to help their children choose partners who share genuine Christian faith and commitment.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2014, p. 234. Since I wrote the first article on the above mentioned subject, my wife and I have read again through the book of Ezra for our family devotions. We were impressed especially by chapters 9 and 10, in which Ezra speaks of the serious crisis that occurred among the returned exiles when it was reported that many of God's covenant people had committed the sin of giving their covenant sons and daughters in marriage to the heathen. Ezra...
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