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Introduction

For various reasons and by various means, the teaching that singleness, quote unquote, is a gift

has got about in the Christian Church.

Like many other things that have got about, like your teenage

son's pet bull snake, this has been the cause of much excitement, most of it not good.

A few years ago I wrote a piece that argued that young men should get married by the 23rd birthday.

Despite the cogency of the reasoning therein, this contribution of mine did not fix our

culture-wide disgrace of a problem, and so I thought it best to have at it again. Let us define terms

shall we? Singleness is an affliction, not a gift. Or if it is considered as a gift

following the instructions of the New Testament, it is the same kind of gift that a bona fide affliction is.

More on that in a moment. Got that? Singleness is an affliction, not a gift.

But in order for this argument to hold water for more than three minutes. Singleness is an affliction not a gift.

But in order for this argument to hold water for more than three minutes,

I hasten to define here what kind of singleness I'm talking about.

Singleness is a gift if it is freely chosen by a responsible adult and is freely chosen in order to devote oneself to kingdom work and the choice is not rashly made by a 19 year old at a revival meeting.

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