Covenant Reformed News – June 2005, Volume X, Issue 14
This article from Covenant Reformed News presents a biblical theology of singleness, arguing from 1 Corinthians 7 that unmarried life is a good gift and calling from God, not a lesser state. The author addresses both single Christians and the broader church community, emphasizing that single believers deserve respect and recognition as full members of Christ's body, with particular freedom and calling to serve the Lord.
The Goodness of Singleness (2) Singleness, Scripture teaches, is “good” (I Cor. 7:1). First, singleness is “good” as a good institution of God. We rightly speak of marriage as a creation ordinance (Gen. 2:24) but singleness too was instituted at creation for there was a (short) time when Adam was single. To state the obvious, all are born single and so everybody, including married people, were once single. The singleness which God wills for all His people (for a time) is “good.” Second, not...