Cody Thomas

What is the greatest threat to the institution of marriage?

• 3-5% of the American population claim to be homosexual (not just inside the church)
• 26-33% is the conservative divorce rate inside the church
• 50-60% of Christian men have intentionally looked at porn recently (most of whom are addicted)

The Religious Right wants us to think that same-sex marriage is the greatest threat to the institution of marriage. However, by looking at the numbers, I would say that WE (the Church) are the greatest threat to the institution of marriage. I think we need to clean up the mess WE have made of marriage and start calling out some serious problems within the church.

How can we expect the world to listen to us as experts of marriage when we treat it like this?

Here’s a bunch of thoughts and life stuff:

• Getting up at 5:30am was horrible! I got into bed after midnight and couldn’t sleep well all night. Then, I had to drive up to Bessemer City, NC for early morning worship practice. I can’t wait to go to sleep tonight!
• Practice and worship up at First Wesleyan Church in Bessemer City went great this morning. The band is awesome! They are some great guys and really talented musicians! Ward, thanks for the opportunity to lead worship up there! It was fun!
• It’s been a good week overall! I had 5 different people offer to put my name in for open church positions. Some were people who were leaving their current position and wanted to recommend me to replace them; a couple were senior pastors who wanted me to put in my resumé for a position at their own church; and another was someone who wanted to recommend me for a position he heard about. Good things might be happening!
• Speaking of those positions, there is one position in particular that Kindel and I are leaning more towards. It would be a great opportunity for serving and seeing life change (in us and others).
• I’m beginning to really enjoy twitter. HOWEVER, it would be REALLY awesome if more people would give it a shot! If you’re still curious about twitter, check out this video explaining twitter in plain English.
• The SWU ministry teams started heading out to camps this weekend. I spent one night doing a Q&A time with a bunch of them. Hanging out with them made me want to jump in a van and go with them. I definitely miss traveling! Those were some of the best times of my life!
• I’m working on building my own blog through WordPress.org and getting my own domain. Stay tuned for more details!
• Practice for camp is on Tuesday! All week will be spent preparing for two straight weeks of camp! SWEET!
• I’ve been sick all night. Stomach sick too. Not fun. I think it’s over though. I’m going to attempt to eat now.