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What Does a Married Pastor Have to Say to Singles?
Andrew Farmer
Sovereign Grace Ministries
Three school kids are being quizzed by their teacher on basic math. "Billy, what is three times three?" asks the teacher to the first student.
"274."
"That's a very interesting answer. What about you Mary?", comes the question to the second child.
"Oh that's easy. The answer is Tuesday."
"I see," says the increasingly concerned teacher. Then to the third child, "Johnnie, can you give me the correct answer to the problem? What is three times three?"
"No problem. The answer is nine."
With a sudden swell of relief, the teacher responds, "Correct. That's excellent, Johnnie. Now for the other students, can you tell me how you got that answer?"
"Sure," says the beaming young scholar. "I just subtracted 274 from Tuesday."
This is a column for Christian singles. I'm a married guy. Some folks would say that the logic of a married man writing a column for Christian singles makes about the same amount of sense as little Johnnie's approach to math.
Like Johnnie, I might stumble on some good answers to the questions you face. But how do you know I have any idea what it takes to get to the answers? So right off the bat I'm asking you to approach this column with an open mind, or at least with a willingness to grade on the curve.
It might be helpful for you to know why I care about the lives of single folks enough to write about you.
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Shrommer
1/12/2008 2:50 PM
This is not an article. It's some sort of advertisement for a book, and the author is on the defensive. I would like to know how many years he spent as a single if he is going to write about his experience as a single. He seems much more qualified to write on his experience if he got married at age 35 than if he got married at age 18.
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