![]() One of my favorite passages is this passage-it is Joshua 8:35, which talks about how Moses read the Law to the whole community, which included the sojourner, the woman, and the child. So, on the marriage front, we can look, cover to cover, from the Bible and we can see kids taught that subject all the way from Genesis through / into the epistles. Interestingly enough, when we look at Scripture, there is a lot on both of those subjects-both for marriage and sexuality-that we see in Scripture with children and I don’t think sometimes that’s recognized. Josh: I like to start with Genesis 2:24, because that’s where God starts but if a child comes in with a sexuality question, or the opportunity presents itself, I certainly will go there with a child. Is that the right place to be starting when we’re trying to prepare our kids for marriage?-to have the sex talk, or a series of sex talks, with them? I think the place where most of us, as parents, start with that is talking about sexuality. It ended up resulting in what we’re talking about today, because the whole ball of wax is one that needs to be dealt with together meaning, you know, we have been given a lot of resources on the purity and puberty side of things-that needs to be part of the conversation-but it’s definitely not the entirety.īob: Your book is titled Preparing Children for Marriage. I had a hard time finding something that I could hand to that mother. We want to begin there since dating and ‘The Talk’ are just an on-ramp to that.” Josh: Yes I said: “Let me look for something that’s broader than just ‘The Talk,’ that you can begin to teach the foundational teachings of the Bible related to where the talk’s headed, ultimately, in marriage. ![]() You had a mom, who said, “I need a book for ‘The Talk,’”-the sex ed talk. Josh, you had a mom come to you one time-this is kind of how you got started or, at least, one of the things God touched your life with in terms of piquing your interest in marriage preparation starting at home, with parents. ![]() He and his wife, Jen, have five children and have been married since 2000. Let me just tell you a little about who Josh is-he is the Executive Director for Church and Family Ministry at Renewanation. ĭennis: This is where a lot of people are living right now. All of a sudden, there are some parents who turned their ear toward the radio. Welcome back, Josh.ĭennis: Josh has written a book called Preparing Children for Marriage: How to Teach God’s Good Design for Marriage, Sex, Purity, and Dating. Josh Mulvihill joins us on FamilyLife Today. We got them copies of the book that FamilyLife ® put together, Preparing for Marriage, and started working through that with them.īut it occurred to me that, if the first time you start preparing your kids for marriage is in premarital preparation, you’re probably a little behind the game don’t you think?ĭennis: And you’re putting them behind the curve. We had a chance to help with their premarital preparation. Mary Ann and I just recently sat down with a young couple in our church, who are headed toward marriage. Stay with us.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today. We’ll talk with Josh Mulvihill about that today. As parents, we should start early preparing our children for marriage. Our host is Dennis Rainey I'm Bob Lepine. ![]() If, on that point, they don’t have a settled conviction there, all the other dominos behind that fall in the wrong direction.īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, July 16 th. It’s critical that our children understand that God is the Creator, and God gets to define that. Josh: God designed marriage, so God gets to define marriage. Josh Mulvihill says we need to help our children start thinking correctly about marriage, even when they’re young, including basic building blocks/foundational principles, like. Bob: Our children will likely, someday, be married and even if they’re not, they’re going to have thoughts about marriage.
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