Matthew 19:9: The Clear Exception
We cannot take the liberty that is expressly given in this passage away from the innocent spouse.
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A Big Decision and A Family’s Support
That innocent party is likely experiencing life’s greatest pain as she reaches for her church family. She should be comforted and supported even more than ever before.
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Wayne Jackson on the Marriage Covenant
True marriage invokes a contract to be husband and wife.
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Porneia in Matthew 19:9
Pornography is an awful sin and it is doing just about as much damage as any tool the devil has at hand to destroy our next elders, our marriages, our innocent sons and our congregations. It must not be ignored because it is a spiritual malignancy that quickly grows to stage 4. But it is not the porneia of Matthew 19:9.
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Outcome-Based Obedience?
On several occasions I have been approached by women who really are pretty fed up with their husbands. Some women have a right to be fed up. Sometimes they are struggling along, trying–really trying –to be godly wives and, for some reason or excuse or other, their husbands are just determined to make Christianity hard…
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Early Detection: One Divorce in Your Church is Too Many
Last night I spoke on the topic “What to Do When You First Think There Might Be a Marriage Problem.” That was a tough topic for me because you do not want 200 ladies to leave the room in horror because they all see some of the symptoms you list as signs that there may…
