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5 days ago · 4. Share. Divorce for nonbiblical reasons breaks my heart. I've seen the pain it causes children, spouses, extended family, friends, and churches. It's so sad. But churches that sin against divorced people also break my heart. I've seen people who all but had divorce forced on them shut out and disqualified for future ministry.
Sep 30, 2024 · First, we need to recognise that Jesus is not speaking de novo on divorce and remarriage, or using the creation account to rule out all divorce: he is siding with Shammai in taking the stricter, more demanding position. Shammaites did think divorce was permissible, but only on limited grounds—and initiated by both men and women.
3 days ago · October 13, 2024. In a world full of miserable marriages and devastating divorces, there’s a better way. It all starts with a new heart that only Jesus can give us. In this message from Matthew 5, Pastor Philip Miller makes three key observations about the grounds for divorce, the hardness of the human heart, and the holiness of marriage ...
Oct 6, 2024 · Statute and narrative. The Pharisees cite the rule Moses gave which allows for divorce to occur. But Jesus puts this allowance in tension with the narrative from the “books of Moses” that argues against it. Jesus recalls that God created humankind in God’s image.
Oct 4, 2024 · Jesus preaches against divorce, and since it was only allowed by Moses, Jesus cannot be condemned as speaking against the law. Jesus easily thwarts the attempt to entrap him but he goes further in his discourse on the question of divorce, not just giving a simple “no” to the question.
Oct 2, 2024 · “Moses permitted him,” explain the Pharisees, “to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her” (Mk 10:4). They quote a passage (Dt 24:1-4) that speaks more about the technicalities of adultery on the...
Oct 3, 2024 · It is time to realize that the Church’s teaching on marriage and divorce, which comes straight from the lips of Jesus himself in this Sunday’s Gospel (the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B), isn’t something extreme that we have to apologize for — it is something freeing that we should celebrate.
