I would like to know if parental consent and involvement is necessary in a marriage when

both parties are up to 30 years old.

So is it wrong to not adhere to Western wedding traditions, such as a white dress, church

ceremony, and walking down the aisle, etc?

Can we not just get our marriage license from the registry and ask our pastor to bless

us instead of having a ceremony in the church?

What would you say, Pastor John?

Well I hear three questions.

Number one, what about permission of parents?

Number two, do you need to follow Western traditions?

Number three, is it legal or isn't legal registration and pastor or blessing enough without

any kind of Christian church ceremony?

So let me just take these one at a time and give you a few suggestions, a few pointers

for each one.

First, what about parental blessing?

I think this is the most important one.

And I have five suggestions.

Number one, one of the most basic biblical commands is honorary father and mother, Ephesians

six two.

It's a broader, deeper command than the particular command to obey them.

And therefore I would encourage a couple to pray and work and wait for their parents blessing.

How long they should wait will be determined by some of the other factors that I'm going

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