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?
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.
