Covenant Reformed News – July 2007 • Volume XI, Issue 15
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines the spiritual challenges married Christians face, particularly how marital and domestic responsibilities can distract from devotion to God and spiritual growth. Drawing on 1 Corinthians 7 and other biblical passages, it addresses how both husbands and wives must guard against allowing earthly concerns to eclipse their primary calling as servants of the Lord, while acknowledging marriage as a God-ordained estate.
The Cares of Marriage (2) From our discussion of the cares of marriage (I Cor. 7:32-35) in the last News, you can see how some married Christian men let their spiritual lives go. Through being too busy (!), they neglect Scripture reading and private prayer. Or, wife and family begin to take the first place in their lives and not the Triune God, our creator, redeemer and judge. Repent and return to the cross of Christ for mercy! Thus we see too the naivety of some single men who think that...