Interview w/ Mark Gungor - 3 of 3

[weaskun]

my parents got married at 18. our family life was disaster. I got married about 30. our marriage is not fairytale but far from disaster.

[ddfrisky]

I am 21 years old and hearing this, I want to get married ASAP!!!!!

[HelloWorld1947]

I married my husband at 18 and he 21. Now im 22 and hes 25. And this man is So right. I have always been a supporter of young marriage. As long as u follow the law which says ur legal at 18 then the Holy Bible doesnt consider it sin to marry young. in fact it encourages it! B/c of the sexual perversion that is going on now days. I was virgin when i married, husband wasnt b/c he didnt grow in Christian family he became Christian at 18 and stayed pure till we got married. Pro-Young marriage :D

[RightToAnEducation]

God bless this Man of God!!!!!!

[ponyofamerica]

We got married at 19 and 20 and we have been married for 34 years now. Marriage is a great thing when it's done in the eyes of God! We also had our parents blessing, that is what sealed the deal.

[123ruskaya]

My oldest sister got married at 17 and same with my mom...mom and dad have been together for 31 years and my oldest sister and her husband for 13 years :)

[49jubilee]

ITS RARE, but it DOES HAPPEN! I know a couple who married at 20, they met in Christian college, shes black, he's white (he's a pastor)--he proposed to her at 19, she wanted to wait a year-or else they would have got married earlier----THEY'RE STILL TOGETHER AFTER 15 YEARS!!---YOU GROW TOGETHER!!!

[Ceja8460]

I got married @ 17 and my hubby was 20!!  We had our first child 3 years later!! It wasn't because there were miscarriages either!! We met when I was 14 and he was 16. I am grateful to this day, 16 years later, that we married and STUCK IT OUT this far together!! This guy is awesome!! He's not afraid to TELL IT LIKE IT IS and SHOULD BE!!

[HPDre]

I think what he is saying here is not "get married early", but "be prepared for marriage by 18", a slightly different concept that I agree with. It's silly to expect someone to suddenly just BE an adult at 18, if you don't spend at least some of the years leading up to that age instructing them on what they can expect and what is expected of them. Something that I feel most churches, secular schools AND parents FAIL at. Miserably. Not that I think it's the job of the first two to do that.

[indebtedtotheking]

Well, what if you do get married early and have sexual temtations? Early marriage is not a solution for you heart. If the solution the church has for the sexual sickness of culture is early marriage then I have to conclude that the church has no solution at all! Jesus is in bussines of transforming our hearts regardless if we are in marriage or not!

[corazoncito77]

His advice does really help me, as a 19year old girl, to choose well for my marriage !

[sindbad4u]

I watched some of his vids online here on youtube. But in this one here-Interview w/ Mark Gungor - 3 of 3, this guy acts and reacts like hardcore charlatan. I feel pity for those among you guys, who take this pastor Gungor far too seriously.

Greets,

S.

[inonewe]

I very much respect Mark Gungor and love his work. However on the subject on marriage I do not agree.  I think that woman don't want the commitment to early. For man marriage is getting new house and replacing mum with the wife. he can carry on his life and carrier. For a woman its the start of beeing busy with the house, kids and the dear husband.

[Lance378]

He doesn't really shine, to me, in this interview. :/ He's passionate, sure, but he sounded much more social and human in his Laugh Your Way to Marriage DVD. In there, he was more of a charming psychologist, but in here, he just sounds like any regular pastor. Kinda makes me sad.

[Brenda0312F]

I see his point. I could be the "poster child "for this video in a way.

I grew up with my husband. He lived 3 houses down on the left. Met him when I was 3. I "feel in love" with him at 5. Told his mother when I was 10 that I was going to marry him. Started "going with him" at 14. We "rushed into marriage" when I was 18 & he was 20. (everyone told us that)

23 happy years years later, we are debt free, not rich, but still living a great life serving Christ. When you are faithful to Christ...

[Samikayr]

@Brenda0312F Bless you for sharing! My husband and I married young also. I was 21 and he 25. We're still strong 18 years later and hoping for 60+ more.

[Cthulu7919]

Even though I'm an atheist, and despite all the propoganda about the magical sky wizard cult, Mark is quite possibly the ONLY pastor whom I have any respect for (from what I've seen so far on youtube).

[Samikayr]

@Cthulu7919 I would encourage you to seek out more from Mark Gungor. He really does take honest, hard subjects and break it down into something easily and readily understood.

[azzam131]

ALL WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT IS IN ISLAM RELEGEN ESPISIALY ABOUT MARRIAGE

[azgirl777]

@azzam131 That is because Mohammed stole ideas from the Bible....

[2ydotcom]

@azgirl777 there is no stolen, we pray to same god bible & qur'an are from same god. at that time people started forgotten god, & that is y god created muhammad to continue & have extended what in bible to qur'an. also god give more guidance so that it can be used till next & next generation. still good muslim will always feel in their heart that all human in this world are they family. come to malay sia & u will see this...

[azgirl777]

@2ydotcom Hi... wow well I am very sorry that you feel this way because it is not true. The God of the Bible is NOT the same God of Muhammad. Allah is NOT God Almighty that is in the Bible, and I can prove it. The God of the Bible states that He alone is the One True God, & that there would be many FALSE teachers. He said that you will KNOW for certain that HE ALONE is GOD because only GOD knows the future, and He states that His WORD, the HOLY BIBLE will contain prophecy to PROVE it is His.

[azgirl777]

@azgirl777 The Bible contains not 1, not 5, not 20, but over *2000* highly specific, DETAILED predictions of what is to come,over half of which have already come to pass. Do you know how many predictions the Quran has? Only 1 by Muhammed which was not fulfilled. Allah is a man-made god to deceive people. God states only HE knows the future & His Truth would be full of predictions. Read Isaiah 41 and Isaiah 46. Also get the book "The Signature of God" by Grant Jeffery which lists all predictions

[JamesWitte]

@azzam131 whats RELEGEN?

[leviathan6144]

That's FREAKING TRUUUUUUEEEEE.. AMERICANNNNNNNNNNNNNSSS ARE MESSED UPPPPPPP HAHA one of you finally supports our islamic values :P

[shmoofoobean44]

lemme rephrase that...

women are "ready" really young. it would be hard to raise a woman by the that age, but we need to put that much effort towards our children.

to give them morals and standards and the right stuff-we'd all be better off.

[Old3r]

Mister pastor is saying Christian = Evil or did I mix something up?

[qbulb]

Mr Gungor, I have enjoyed several of your videos but in this one you are yelling too much.

[azgirl777]

@qbulb He's just being passionate. Who wants to hear people without any passion in their voice?! He's taking a stand against what is wrong and what society is teaching young people to lead them astray, and he's raising his voice to get his point across to show the seriousness of the topic. Quite frankly, if he DIDN'T raise his voice over this serious of a topic then I would think something was wrong...

[TITERASO]

WOW!!!! May God continue to use and bless Mark!!!! This is REAL!!!!!

[mavoleisanti]

He doen`t contradict himself...the point is that you don`t need 10 years to know if the person you`re dating is good for you. If you use some wisdom, you can get it fast. The point is to be carefull and use some cummon sense when you date, in order to choose well. When you do that right, you can marry young. Only that

[Richcelt]

He ALMOST contradicts himself. He tells people for 20 min to not rush into marriage; to be careful, observant, and wise about the relationships they get into, and then the next 10 telling them to get married EARLY!! Excuse me. WHAT?! So they are supposed to do all this while they are still, and ONLY, in grade school? It's part of the reason the divorce rate is so high because these love sick, high school sweethearts didn't have time to REALLY get to know their mate. THEN they're surprised!

[alohagirl808]

My 29 yr son, move in w/ girlfriend of 2 months, 2 months later she's expecting, & waiting till after baby born, to get married. in 2010. Pray for wisdom, I live in Hawaii, he's now in CA. "normal"... His 30yr bro, married 9 yrs ago, & has 4 son's, wanted to do it right. Sex BEFORE marriage, "makes us dumb" ...a drug induce state" _

Pastor Gungor, doesn't pull the punches, he's a 2X4 for Jesus. GET WISDOM & marry right person, not perfect, but good character, & tested believer. LISTEN!

[Thystonius]

Indeed :-) awesome :)