The Bible doesn’t say how old Christians should be when they marry — or how close in age. So, can a Christian marry someone significantly younger? Here is today’s email: “Pastor John, hello and thank you for this podcast! Is it okay for me, an older Christian man, to marry a Christian woman half my age? I know I will be scoffed at for asking such a question. Many will assume I am chasing sex, youth, and beauty. However, that’s not the case. It wasn’t until this past year, in my late forties, that I found myself, for the first time, attracted to women. I have struggled with same-sex attraction all my life, but I never acted on those feelings. Just recently, I have experienced the Spirit moving me to walk more closely with him. Simultaneously, I have been filled with a desire to get married to a woman and to become a father. “I never had such desires before. Nor did I think it was ever possible. I have felt ignored by God as I watched my friends get married and have children and seemingly get blessed by God, whereas I was always alone. Now in middle age, Jesus seems to be changing me, shaping me to become a husband of a wife, and the father of her children. There is a young lady I am friends with, and I find myself thinking about her a lot. She’s exactly half my age. I am old enough to be her father. Is such an age gap acceptable among believers?” Read or listen to this interview at our website: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/can-i-marry-a-woman-half-my-age Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes: https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john