It’s time for another Reformation.
Readership: Men
Theme: The Protestant Reformation 2.0: Resetting the MMP
Length: 250 words
Reading Time: 3 minutes
In June 2026, I’ll be writing about the topics listed below, how it works in Protestant churches, and what needs to change.
- Mating Markets
- Sexual Markets
- Social mechanisms leading to marriage
- Marriage
- Outcomes
- Probably others I haven’t thought of yet
My interest in examining these things afresh is because I believe we’re at a critical time in history in which the Protestant church (or churches) must reassess how it does dating, mating, and marriage. It must. If it does not drastically reform how it does mating and marriage, it will fail by petering out and falling from relevance.
I realized this while I was writing the posts for March 2026, themed, “Cracking Nuts”, in which I picked apart several problems in the church. (Key posts listed below under Related.) Since then, I’ve put some thoughts together that I’ll cover this month.
A decade ago, other noteworthy figures in the Protestant church noticed the attrition of church membership and intradenominational schisms, and realized that the church is in decline. In response, some efforts to redesign doctrines have been made to hold the church together. But sooner or later, these efforts will fail or pass from relevance, and it will certainly happen by the time the great Boomer theologians and their younger acolytes pass on. The reason why this approach won’t work, is because (1) it steps farther away from the true doctrines of the faith, as applied to marriage and family, and (2) it does NOT remedy the root causes:
- Gynocentrism, which is idolatry
- The dismissal of male authority in the home and church.
- The failure of the church to foster marriage-worthy wives
- The weakening social force and cultural relevancy of the church
So this month’s theme will explore and possibly prophesy of an upcoming event: “The Protestant Reformation 2.0: Resetting the MMP”.
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