Divorce & Remarriage
Subtitle: a permanence view
Publisher: Christian Communicators Worldwide
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kansas City, MO
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780982096802
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Examining the biblical texts.; title: Introduction to part 1; title: Some uncomplicated words of Jesus; title: First assertion : the one-flesh union created in marriage is permanent until death; title: Second assertion : initiating a divorce is never lawful; title: Third assertion : remarrying after divorce is an act of adultery if a former spouse is living; title: The question of interpretive priority; title: The meaning of the exception clause : what is porneia?; title: Responding to four objections to the betrothal view; title: The historical and biblical context for the divorce debate; title: What about 1 Corinthians 7?; title: Liberty for the unmarried : considering 1 Corinthians 7:8-9; title: Not under bondage : considering 1 Corinthians 7:12-16; title: Bound and released : considering 1 Corinthians 7:25-28; title: A brief evaluation of the current consensus; title: Part 2. Applying what we have learned.; title: Introduction to part 2; title: A note to those who disagree; title: Questions about difficult marital situations; title: Questions about remarriage after divorce; title: More questions about remarriage after divorce; title: Questions about divorce, remarriage, and church polity; title: A warning about presumptuous sin; title: A final thought; title: Appendix 1 : Comments on secondary Old Testament texts; title: Appendix 2 : Bringing the permanence view into an established church; title: Appendix 3 : A brief church policy statement on divorce and remarriage