Many would say that it is a good thing when a marriage lasts for life. In fact, those who have remained married for a long time are sometimes interviewed and asked what their secret is. Indeed, many praise a long marriage. Few, however, confess that the marriage bond is always lifelong, meaning that even if […]
When studying a doctrine, it is good to start with the clearest passages and then to move on to the more difficult ones, and to interpret those more difficult ones in the light of the ones that are more clear. Or, to put it another way, if you read a passage and have difficulty determining […]
Have you ever heard the accusation, “Your stance on marriage, divorce, and remarriage is only a Protestant Reformed view!”? The lie that is leveled against us is that our view on divorce and remarriage is not biblical but is a view that is only held by the PRC. They say it is a theological novelty […]
Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good Divorce, and the Recovery of Origins, edited by Margaret Harper McCarthy, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2017 The reason you will remain married to your spouse is that you love God and are thankful to him for his gracious salvation of you. You wish to show this […]
From time to time the question is raised whether there is only one possible ground for divorce. Especially in our day when so many couples are unhappily married and seek a divorce, and the courts are so ready to grant legal separation on various grounds, rather than on the ground of fornication, the question asserts […]
In the paper Operation Understanding, a Catholic weekly, there is an article entitled “God’s Lonely Ones.” The main point of the article is as follows. Divorced Catholics are especially lonely because they have known the joys of marriage but have decided against remarriage because of their dedication to God’s way. The idea behind this article […]
This question is one which is becoming more and more prominent in the Church today. Not only in the modern churches of the world, but also in our Reformed Churches has the question arisen. The result of this is that we are tempted to depart from the Word of God. In the modern churches divorce […]