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Robert Gagnon on Divorce
I found it interesting to peruse Robert Gagnon’s article on divorce, “Divorce and Remarriage-After-Divorce in Jesus and Paul” (available here), which was a response to an article by David Instone-Brewer. Among Gagnon’s comments: Whether Jesus would have adopted an exception for adultery as Matthew thought, I do not know. I doubt that he would have…
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Fourth of a Thousand Responses …
My pal Steve continues: Just to review, in discussing the possibility that domestic violence might be grounds for divorce, one argument I used was an a minore ad maius argument. An a minore ad maius argument is a special type of a fortiori argument, which is, in turn, a special type of argument from (or…
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The Third of a Thousand Responses to Steve Hay’s Rebuttal
My good friend Steve continued: This is confused on several grounds: i) To begin with, TFan has offered what appear to be contradictory statements on 1 Cor 7:15. In an earlier response to me, he said: Where does the Bible ever speak of a woman divorcing her husband? In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul addresses the issue…
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The Second of the Thousand Responses to Steve Hays …
We pick up with new arguments by my good friend Steve: i) It’s odd that TFan also quotes the Markan and Lukan passages to establish adultery/fornication as the one legitimate ground of divorce, for those Synoptic variants lack the exceptive clauses in Matthew. This isn’t really an objection to my point. And, of course, the…
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Part One of Thousands in Response to Steve’s Rebuttal Post
Ok, I don’t really intend to address all of the myriad points in my friend Steve’s latest divorce-related post (link to his post). Nor do I intend to address only one here. I’ll start at the beginning and get as far as I can in a reasonable amount of time. Steve is a resourceful and…
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Responding to Steve Hays’ Argument for Divorce Grounded in "Domestic Violence"
Steve Hays recently published a post (link to post) in which he argued in favor of the notion that domestic violence is a legitimate ground of divorce. I provided some comments in the comment box of that post, which led to Steve posting two new posts addressing some of my comments (link to Steve’s second…
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Understanding Divorce from a Biblical Perspective
The Lord hates divorce. That was one of the messages of the prophet of Malachi. Malachi 2:16For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. So, naturally, I…
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Some Thoughts on Divorce
Ronald W. Di Giacomo has some very well-reasoned thoughts on the topic of divorce, and particularly the ground of desertion (link to post). It’s an unpleasant topic in general, but Di Giacomo identifies some of the important issues and answers them in a persuasive manner. -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!