For the first time ever, in the United States, unmarried women outnumber married women.

And when I read the literature on this phenomenon, Pastor John, what is often applauded is the

liberation of women who have escaped the cultural norms of the shackles of marriage and expectations

of children in order to be free from these so-called oppressions.

It's putting it rather bluntly, but that's the tenor of the literature.

There are other factors here, of course, including male immaturity.

For now, the freedom language is very thick.

That's what I want to address here today in this episode.

Because the more books I read, the more I sincerely don't think that modern-day feminists

know that 1 Corinthians 7 exists, and that the Bible commends lifelong singleness on purpose

for a purpose, of course.

Many feminists seem to assume that the default position of the Bible in the Church is that

all women are defined meaning and purpose in marriage, and that's simply not exclusively

true.

So how was you explaining 1 Corinthians 7 and Paul's words to unmarried women to the women's

liberation movement today?

Well, I don't know if this is going to get at it exactly the way you would get at it.

You should probably do this podcast because you've clearly thought a lot about this.

That's great, but I sat here and I thought, let me come at 1 Corinthians 7 in a round

about way, and I think if I do it this way, it might open up people to some unexpected

things in the chapter that they're not as familiar with.

It seems to me that we are trying to avoid a misunderstanding on two fronts.

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