John also publicly criticized Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, for marrying Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for many other wrongs he had done. -Luke 3:19, NLT Wayne Grudem, a prominent evangelical theologian, recently penned a piece endorsing Donald Trump for President. It is entitled “Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice” (click … Continue reading “Wayne Grudem Endorses A Remorseless Cheater For President!”
Category: Trauma of adultery
Pastors, Divorce Needs To Be A REAL Option!
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. -Jeremiah 3:8, KJV Oddly, pastors and Christian counselors have been known to make the faithful spouse … Continue reading “Pastors, Divorce Needs To Be A REAL Option!”
When A Pastor Preys!
Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin. -Hosea 6:9, NLT While writing this blog and receiving email, I have come across more than one scenario involving a married pastor having sex with his (or her) congregant. Then … Continue reading “When A Pastor Preys!”
I got an email entitled “Divorce.”
They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! -2 Timothy 3:5, NLT Early when I was still desperately trying to reconcile with my (now) ex-wife, my (now ex) father-in-law sent an email to both of us entitled “Divorce.” It was the classical … Continue reading “I got an email entitled “Divorce.””
Fascination With What Faithful Spouses Did
“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?” -Matthew 7:3, NLT One of the many things that bothered me in my ecclesiastical trial was how little many of the pastors cared about holding my ex-wife responsible for committing adultery. Rebuking her or even voicing the biblical truth … Continue reading “Fascination With What Faithful Spouses Did”
It is evil!
“If a man is discovered committing adultery, both he and the woman must die. In this way, you will purge Israel of such evil.” -Deuteronomy 22:22, NLT What Christians need to understand is that adultery is truly evil! This is not “second fiddle” to divorce. Adultery is the main event in the evil performance. This … Continue reading “It is evil!”
Adultery and Divorce Are Spiritually Wounding.
Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never! And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united … Continue reading “Adultery and Divorce Are Spiritually Wounding.”
Alone, Adultery Causes Divorce!
And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been unfaithful. -Matthew 19:9, NLT It mystified me why good Christian pastors ever needed to hear more to the story of my marriage’s ending than verification that my ex-wife had committed adultery whereas I had remained sexually … Continue reading “Alone, Adultery Causes Divorce!”
Divorce: Assigning blame, why bother?
“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.” -Isaiah 61:8, NLT When I was going through my ecclesiastical trial to keep my ministerial credentials, the question was raised over why my former denomination was so fixated … Continue reading “Divorce: Assigning blame, why bother?”
NOT the Christian Answer to Who Is Responsible for Cheating!
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. -I Corinthians 5:10, KJV When caught in marital infidelity, the Christian response to such actions is not to claim the devil or one’s … Continue reading “NOT the Christian Answer to Who Is Responsible for Cheating!”