For some reason I watched Sister Wives for the first time tonight – a show about a family consisting of 1 husband and 3 (soon to be 4) wives and their children. The controversial nature of their family makes them a perfect candidate for TLC programming. While I find the show… enlightening, I am far from promoting their polygomous lifestyle. The show did make me think of some thoughts on marriage in no particular order:
- God made 1 woman for 1 man. Genesis 2:24
- Scripture makes no wholesale command against polygamy, except in church leadership. 1 Timothy 3
- Proverbs 22:3 – ‘nough said!
- Frank Ramono to son Ray on Everybody Loves Raymond, “If you’ve got a problem with your woman, don’t go get another woman. Now you’ve just got TWO problems!!!”
- How do you court another woman without committing emotional adultery? Matthew 5:28
- Is it not hypocritical for 1 man to have 4 wives, yet each wife is expected to be married to 1 man?
- Polygamy is against the law in all 50 states. Romans 13
- My wife (singular) is the only woman who can satisfy all of my needs – emotionally, relationally, and sexually – guilt free.
John