February 8, 2009 in Remarriage by dan
Many people feel entitled to demand marriage and divorce as though they were inalienable rights granted by God. After all, who has the right to tell us who we can and cannot marry and whether we can or cannot leave that marriage?
This is evidence a nation and its people have lost their understanding of what marriage is. And with that, they show they have have lost their honor, integrity, courage, security, and sincerity of love. Read the rest of this entry →
May 11, 2008 in Remarriage by dan
John the Baptist said to Herod, “it is unlawful for you to have your brother’s wife”.
Was John unreasonable or unfair? Was John only speaking to the generation of his day? To listen to some lukewarm and cowardly churches today one would think so. “How intolerant!” “Didn’t John ever read Deuteronomy 24:1-4?” “And who did Jesus think He was to honor John after he said such a judgmental and intolerant thing?” I’ll tell you who He was. He was honest.
Jesus did not say it was OK for Christians to dump their spouses. He did not say it was OK to make excuses for doing so or to defend doing so. Jesus did not give churches or pastors the authority to lie and call “Holy Matrimony” something Jesus calls adultery.
But, that is exactly what pastors do when they set aside their honor and integrity and stand before the very congregation God trusted to their care and officiate a marriage for someone who has divorced his or her spouse without cause to marry someone else.
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