In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines. -Proverbs 18:17, NIV This verse has a particularly unhappy history with me. It is a verse that was part of the instructions for ministers applying The Divorce Policy Exception process to a divorced minister in the EFCA. Essentially, the quotation … Continue reading “Fueling Cynicism: Tullian Tchividjian’s Story Continuing To Unravel”
Category: Trauma of adultery
Tullian Tchividjian Saga Continues…
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. … But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. -Ephesians 5:11, 13, NIV Former Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Tullian Tchividjian again has found himself in the midst of a storm created … Continue reading “Tullian Tchividjian Saga Continues…”
Clergy: To marry an adulterous couple or not?
“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” -Matthew 19:9, NIV I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin…or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat … Continue reading “Clergy: To marry an adulterous couple or not?”
When the cat is out of the bag….
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. John 3:20, NIV Value differences are so great between a faithful spouse and a cheater that sometimes it is hard to fathom and accept a cheater’s actions as actually having happened. A faithful … Continue reading “When the cat is out of the bag….”
On Marrying A Ticking A-Bomb Partner
“‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.” -Mark 10:7-8, NIV On Marrying A Ticking Adultery-Bomb From my own personal and painful experience, I have arrived at two important things I would … Continue reading “On Marrying A Ticking A-Bomb Partner”
God Prepares A Banquet
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Psalm 23:5, NKJV The best revenge is putting the haters behind you and moving forward into God’s destiny on your life (see Ephesians 2:10). We do not have to agree with the false … Continue reading “God Prepares A Banquet”
Dissecting “You’re NOT the boss of me!”
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. -I Corinthians 7:4, KJV Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the … Continue reading “Dissecting “You’re NOT the boss of me!””
Review: “What I Wish Pastors Knew About Divorce” by Laura Petherbridge
Today, I am reviewing a blog post on “Family Matters.” It is by Laura Petherbridge who happens to be a speaker appearing in the Divorce Care® materials. The title of the post under consideration today is “What I Wish Pastors Knew About Divorce” (Click on title to be directed to the actual blog post). First, … Continue reading “Review: “What I Wish Pastors Knew About Divorce” by Laura Petherbridge”
It is a total rebuild, not a remodel!
“And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” -Matthew 7:26-27, … Continue reading “It is a total rebuild, not a remodel!”
Freedom Through Believing The Truth
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” -John 8:31-32, NKJV Much of my intense emotions and stridency surrounding my ex-wife cheating on and abandoning me came down to a … Continue reading “Freedom Through Believing The Truth”