Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
People who think that Jesus said "hardness of heart is a legitimate ground for divorce" aren't reading Matthew 19 carefully enough. People who say "Moses allowed divorce for hardness of heart, but Jesus tightened the rules" aren't reading Matthew 19 and Mark 10 carefully enough. In Deuteronomy 24 Moses didn't say that hardness of heart… Continue reading Jesus did NOT say “hardness of heart is grounds for divorce”. Deuteronomy 24 has been greatly misunderstood.
Some people say we must pay close attention to the different words the Bible uses for divorce because the words mean different things. These folks say that words like depart / leave / put away / separate do not refer to legal divorce because no divorce certificate was issued, whereas other words refer to a… Continue reading The Bible uses different words for divorce but they all mean legal divorce. Those who tell you otherwise are mistaken.
