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Tom's avatar

A minor quibble: That 70% of divorces are initiated by women doesn't really tell us much, because divorce can be initiated because the initiator is a terrible person, or because their spouse is a terrible person. Until you know what percentage of the divorces initiated by women are because their husbands are terrible, and what percentage of the divorces initiated by men are because their wives are terrible, you have no idea what the risk for young men is.

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Brad Sears's avatar

You offer some interesting and potentially encouraging thoughts. Yes, if more Gen Z men (hopefully) begin joining the church, some preachers might need to be more careful in their scriptural exegesis. But is that not a good thing? Although it might be anomalous, my experience in orthodox Reformed churches has been that they tend to take a more masculine approach than suggested in much recent thought. Granted, some bow to modernity allowing women to read Scripture in worship. And while that contravenes 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11, on the whole, I think that the Reformed—perhaps due to their high view of Scripture—might be better accepted by these younger men than some of the other traditions in view.

Separately, I very much enjoyed your presentation and panel observations in Deerfield this past week.

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