Welcome to a new week on the podcast.

Today's question comes from a listener named Caitlyn.

Pastor John, thank you for the podcast.

I recently listened to Francis Chan's response to the question, why are Christian singles

marrying later?

I have been deeply impacted by the writings in the teachings of Francis Chan in the past

and have profound respect for him.

But it's reasoning that singles in the church are engaging in sexual immorality and therefore

marrying later.

I felt dismissive for a lot of us.

I cannot name a single Christian couple that is in the situation he describes and is

therefore delaying marriage.

His response felt like it skimmed over a topic with so much more depth to it.

I know many godly, unmarried Christian women in particular who desire marriage.

Yet there seemed to be so few unmarried Christian men around interested in pursuing any

of them.

These women fight daily for purity and joy in the Lord.

This is not a fight we take lightly.

So to be told that the reason we are not married is because we are engaging in sex before

marriage makes us feel profoundly misunderstood and swept to the side.

I also happen to know that the majority of these women carry moderate to large loads of

student loan debt that they are working diligently to pay off.

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