Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities
Divorce and Remarriage in the Church: Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities
Will God allow me to divorce my abusive husband? Would it be a sin if I remarried? Divorce and remarriage are major pastoral issues facing every church. Yet when we turn to Scripture for guidance, we often hear conflicting messages about its teachings. David Instone-Brewer shows how, when properly understood, the New Testament provides faithful, realistic and wise guidance of crucial importance and practical help for the church today.
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Best book on the subject,
This is the best book I have read on this subject. Instone-Brewer balances respect for the authority of the Bible, good historical background and scholarship with pastoral compassion. His arguments are consistent, logical, and biblical. Basically, he says that while the Bible discourages divorce, it is practical in allowing divorce and remarriage under certain grounds.
superb explanation of some puzzling verses,
This is an “easier to read” version of Dr. Instone-Brewer’s comprehensive study titled “Divorce and Remarriage: The Social and Literary Context”. There are some verses that can be and have been used to condemn Christians in this area, read this book and get the “inside scoop” about what those perplexing verses really meant to the original readers.
Christians and Divorce,
This was an excellent book on the title topic. One of the problems I see facing the church today is so many divorces. Historically there have been two views about divorce among Christians: 1. No divorce whatever (which is flatly wrong biblically) and 2. Divorce only for sexual immorality. I have always wondered why God would force someone to stay married to an abusive spouse, and now the answer is made plain by the author of this book. His scholarly research and objective analysis proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that God has always permitted divorce from an abusive spouse. I highly recommend this book to Pastors, Biblical Counselors and anyone else dealing with marriage and divorce problems in the Church.
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