Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Some people claim we can cut through the knotty divorce scriptures by simply differentiating words and their meanings. Their argument goes like this: (i) The Hebrew word shalach and the Greek word apoluo should be translated 'put away'. Both of those words are used for the husband orally dismissing and sending away his wife without… Continue reading Does Scripture differentiate between ‘putting away’ and ‘divorce’?
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.
