Covenant, sex, and children are three cords to the single rope of marriage. If you remove one, the rope is made weaker and cannot bear as much weight. If you remove more than one, things fall apart very quickly: 1. Covenantless sex This is known to God as fornication. It produces disease, illegitimate children, and single mothers who swap dependence on a husband for dependence on the welfare state. Covenant is the rule structure for love. Without it, there's no clearly-defined household, no certainty of commitment, and no real stability—because there's no marriage.
The threefold cord of marriage
The threefold cord of marriage
The threefold cord of marriage
Covenant, sex, and children are three cords to the single rope of marriage. If you remove one, the rope is made weaker and cannot bear as much weight. If you remove more than one, things fall apart very quickly: 1. Covenantless sex This is known to God as fornication. It produces disease, illegitimate children, and single mothers who swap dependence on a husband for dependence on the welfare state. Covenant is the rule structure for love. Without it, there's no clearly-defined household, no certainty of commitment, and no real stability—because there's no marriage.