David Instone-Brewer has written what I conclude is the definitive book on divorce and remarriage. It is Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities [Affiliate link], InterVarsity Press, 2003 (also see his companion volume, Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context [Affiliate link]). Everyone needs to stop… Continue reading Don’t Teach Anyone About Divorce Until You Read Instone-Brewer
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Stop Saying “God Hates Divorce”
It hasn't been that long ago that someone told me our church's position on divorce was wrong. We acknowledge that God permits divorce for habitual, unrepentant, hard-hearted violation of the marriage vows. Sexual unfaithfulness, failure to love and provide for, desertion, and abuse (a kind of desertion) are, we maintain, biblical grounds for divorce. In… Continue reading Stop Saying “God Hates Divorce”
