Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Many Christians who have been abused by a marriage partner are in anguish over questions like these: Why didn't Jesus say abuse is grounds for divorce? Why is there no explicit statement in the Bible that abuse is grounds for divorce and a victim of abuse may remarry after divorcing the abuser? Why didn’t God… Continue reading If abuse is grounds for divorce, why didn’t God say so plainly in the Bible?
'Still married in the sight of God' has been a piece of Christian jargon for centuries. Like the slogan 'God hates divorce,' it has been a cause of injury and entrapment to victims of domestic abuse — as well as to those who have suffered other kinds of marital violation. This article only discusses the… Continue reading ‘Still Married in the Sight of God’ — how this expression has been used in Christendom
