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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible
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The book is full of wooden exegesis. The twisting of God’s word to make it say something that it doesnt say. No doubt this book will be embraced by all those that seek to get out of a marriage commitment that they dont want.
Rating: 1 / 5
Competent to Counsel was epoch making for kicking off the Biblical Counseling movement, and his manual on church discipline is very good. But otherwise I find his writings sometimes a tad narrow. And I think he seems to fail to see the irony in the ways his own Biblical readings are shaped by psychology (esp. Behavorialism). The contemporary CCEF authors are better, I think.
But this book on marriage is about the best short summary of the key texts and applications I’ve found. The only major flaw: in chapter 1 (pp.8-20) he wisely asks what the most foundational purpose of marriage is. He rightly refutes certain cultural answers — procreation, happiness, sex, etc. These are important but secondary. But then in the end he chooses an equally problematic answer — marriage is primarily a ‘covenant of companionship.’ Doesn’t Gen. 1-2 say that?
But, I wonder, if companionship is the foundation of marriage, then what if one partner is not being a loving companion? Can the other partner freely leave? Adams would say no, but he’s being inconsistent. I think the Bible teaches in Gen. 1-2, read in light of Eph. 5, COl. 3, Rev. 21 etc., that marriage’s primary purpose is to make us image bearers of God. Then Gen. 1-2 (‘not good to be alone’) is saying that a male-female couple together bear the image of God better than one person can alone.
Anyway, if you cut that section out, this is an excellent book.
Rating: 4 / 5
The author makes some good points but his logic, as with many books using the wrong scholarship, is faulty. He starts with incorrect premises and goes from there.
He is correct about polygamy, and in stating the obvious, when your divorced your divorced. Period. Your single. He then makes the odious argument that those divorced for essentially the right reasons may remarry without sin while those divorced for the wrong reasons, well he never actually addresses it.
What this amounts to is an argument that says- do you want out of your marriage, cheat or beat your wife as then the divorce is for an acceptable reason, but don’t divorce her because it is a dead marriage or you just want to as then it is for an inappropriate reason. It’s a logical trap and silly.
He studies history but not lanquage. He also gives over to tradition in his thinking. First adultery in the time of the bible was used for multiple terms- a sexual act, general unfaithfulness, polluting the pure, etc.
Look at these statements by Jesus- ‘an adulterous generation’, ‘committed adultery with stick’s and stones’, and ‘putting away a wife’. Obviously it means ‘unfaithful generation’, ‘unfaithful with idols made of sticks and stones’, and an act of unfaithfulness.
So what he said is as follows ‘He who puts away a wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her’. This is a passive sentence in Greek that in modern lanquage would read ‘ If Tim divorces Janet, and marries Brenda, he has committed an act of faithlessness against Janet.’
Simple. This view is illustrated in the books and writing s of Hicks, Shelby, Maxey, and many others. It’s a shame that more do not know the truth and instead have to rely on incorrect rehashes, that while well meaning do not put forth the grace of Jesus.
Rating: 3 / 5
Divorce and remarriage is not the unpardonable sin that our generation has made it into. Although divorce itself is not a sin (lest God Himself sin), it is, however, a result of sin. But like all other sins, it may be forgiven, and remarriage desirable. Here is the biblical proofs for those who care enough to look, with compassion and understanding of human fraility (say hello to David), and learn, that the church might restore and strengthen those hurt (by their own sin? yes, but hurt nonetheless), rather than the verbal stoning most often administered by the church. May God bring us back to sanity, and leave our latest “hot potato” behind, and move to the full understanding of the matter. Jay Adams, like Murray, has done us all a great service.
Even the “guilty” party may be forgiven by the Blood of Christ.
Divorce is not a sin; but is the result of sin. May the church stop stoning its hurting ones, who, like good and strong men (Peter, David, Jacob, and others) have been plagued with weakness, infirmity, and fraility, so that none could stand and boast before God, that they are anything but sinners saved by grace.
To read some of the legalists today, you would wonder if they, being so perfect, have any need for forgiveness. Take heed, you who condemn others, lest you fall as well.
Rating: 5 / 5
After my ex (of 16 years) left me with the aid of her cult (the mormons), I was devastated due to my vow to NEVER divorce. At the time we were married, I did not understand the implications of marrying a non-Christian. While I had been raised Roman Catholic, I wasn’t a practicing one. Just the same, I still believed in the sanctity of marriage and had long discussions, with my soon-to-be spouse, that divorce was NEVER to be in the picture – no matter what happened, we were to always honor each other and seek help if (when) things got rough. Well…when things got rough, the mormons moved in and my ex refused counseling. The mormons even provided one of their VERY HIGHEST ranking members (let’s just say this person is the DIRECT DESCENDENT of Joseph Smith [yes, that's THE Joseph Smith]) to serve as the divorce attorney. (Don’t EVER let a mormon go on about how important “families” are.)
In addition the reading the entire Bible (twice), in search for answers, I read every book I could lay my hands on regarding divorce. Other than the Bible itself, this book is remarkable in its comprehensive look at the sin of divorce. While it is certainly a “quick read” it is very thorough and, in my opinion, the very best on the topic.
Rating: 5 / 5