Could there have been a better way to showcase marriage than today’s Royal Wedding?

We had every bit of splendor—er, splendour—as two billion people around the world watched. Hats and horns. Red carpet. We had a gargoyle’s-eye view of the handsome young Royal Couple as they marched down the center aisle of the thousand-year old Westminster Abbey.

More important than any of the royal state and pomp was the authority and majesty of the Word of God on marriage. The Bishop of London intoned from Scripture and from the Book of Common Prayer the purposes of marriage. For the increase of mankind. For the fear and worship of God. For the nurturing and guidance of children. Marriage, he reminded us is a “holy estate.” A man and his wife forsake all others.

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