Divorce: God’s Will? The Truth of Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible for Christians
Divorce: God's Will? The Truth of Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible for Christians
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This book is a huge eye-opener,
Until I read this book, I believed, as many Christians do accept blindly, that divorce was just not allowed. And I believed that if a person got a divorce and then married someone else, both parties in the new marriage were committing adultery.
Therefore, I stayed in a marriage where the man was abusing me for 18 years. My only hope in life was for death of either him or me so I could be free.
Meanwhile, my four children suffered because I was not a happy mom and Dad was mean to Mom. No matter how hard I tried to please him, he always found or invented something else for which to berate me. He felt it was his right as a Christian man to control me and that I was required to “submit” to him whether I liked it or not.
Something just did not seem right about that whole arrangement, but I didn’t know how to explain it.
I began searching the internet for any information on divorce being permitted from a Christian standpoint. I realized that I might be “looking for what I WANTED to see,” so tried to keep an open mind and to carefully consider the validity of whatever I found, to not just “take someone’s word for it” that what they wrote was true.
When I found Stephen Gola’s site, it was a foreign subject to me. Could God actually approve of divorce?
I checked out the Scripture references which Mr. Gola explained in his book, “Divorce: God’s Will?” to be sure nothing was being assumed. It all began to add up.
After reading the sample pages on the web-site, I wanted to see the whole book, so I ordered a copy. And I was not disappointed at what I read.
Since reading “Divorce: God’s Will,” I have read many other articles that agree with Mr. Gola’s explanation of the common and oft-misinterpreted Scriptures concerning divorce, adultery, and remarriage.
I cannot recommend this book enough, to anyone who has questions about what is right concerning divorce and remarriage. It is an excellent jumping-off point for getting one going on seriously looking into the Bible — not only for these issues discussed but also for anything else one is studying in the Scriptures. It has made me all the more aware of the need to carefully dissect the Word of God and not rely on tradition.
Racism is anti-Scriptural–not divorce.,
Gola’s book was the first of many I read on the divorce and remarriage issue. It was refreshing to see someone challenge antibiblical tradition, but what floored me was his chapter entitled, “Marrying Outside Your Race.” His premise was that YHWH created different cultural groups for just that reason–to be different. In his eyes “interracial marriage” is a sin. This, however, is not the case.
That section of his work ruined the overall content, and caused me to raise my eyebrows as I read it. His exegesis of Scripture was horrific, and I must beg the question if he’s a part of a supremacist Christian group.
Other than the aforementioned chapter, I found the book to be engaging, and he brings up several issues that are often overlooked by the traditional crowd.
My recommendation is to actually buy this book, however. Hopefully Gola will come out with a second edition that deletes the chapter mentioned above.
Better books available…,
While I agree with the gist of what this author is trying to communicate regarding the problems with the traditional translations/interpretations on verses relating to divorce and remarriage, I would more highly recommend two other books above this one: Ralph Woodrow’s “Divorce & Remarriage – What Does The Bible Really Say” and Callison’s “Divorce: A Gift of God’s Love.” Gola loses some credibility, mid-book, when he get’s off on a rather strange tangent trying to explain why people should not marry those of another “race.” He then tries to define race based on culture, but the whole chapter seems out of place and doesn’t really tie into the main subject. Woodrow’s book is complete, yet concise, and an easier read. Callison get’s into more detail discussing the distinctions in Greek and Hebrew between “putting away” and “certificate of divorce” which help clarify some of the misunderstandings that have occurred with recent English translations and their application.
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