Should Christian wives take their husband’s last name?

Couples with different last names divorce at a 50% higher rate, according to new research from the Institute for Family Studies. That’s no coincidence: a shared name is an outward sign of the leaving, cleaving and covenantal surrender at the heart of biblical marriage.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”