Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
People often think Jesus said adultery was the only grounds for divorce, but we’ve misunderstood what Jesus said in Matthew 19 because we haven’t understood the cultural background. When the Pharisees tested Jesus by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” they were alluding to a dispute between… Continue reading Isn’t adultery the only ground for divorce?
In Malachi 2:16, many Bibles have the words “I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel.” These words have been paraphrased and turned into the well known saying “God hates divorce.” This saying is really problematic for victims of domestic abuse. It is bandied around like a proverb, dropped casually into sermons and magazine… Continue reading God hates divorce? Not always.
