MARRIAGE DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

Critical Questions and Answers

JIM NEWHEISER

© 2017 by Jim Newheiser

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ISBN: 978-1-62995-316-8 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-62995-317-5 (ePub)

ISBN: 978-1-62995-318-2 (Mobi)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Newheiser, Jim, author.

Title: Marriage, divorce, and remarriage : critical questions and answers / Jim Newheiser.

Description: Phillipsburg : P&R Publishing, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017000245| ISBN 9781629953168 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781629953175 (epub) | ISBN 9781629953182 (mobi)

Subjects: LCSH: Marriage counseling. | Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity. | Church work with married people.

Classification: LCC BV4012.27 .N49 2017 | DDC 261.8/3581--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017000245

With thanks to God, who gave me Caroline as my wife.

It must be because he knew how weak I would be that he gave

me such a gracious and patient companion. Her love helps me to

comprehend the gracious love of Christ for me. She has been a

helper who has done me good all the days of my life and

with whom I have shared surpassing joy.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Edward T. Welch

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1: MARRIAGE

A. The Foundations of Marriage

1. What Is Marriage?

2. Why Did God Create the Institution of Marriage?

3. What Constitutes a Valid Marriage?

4. Is Polygamy Forbidden by Scripture?

5. Must Marriage Be between a Man and a Woman?

B. Entering into Marriage

6. Is Cohabitation Permissible Apart from Marriage?

7. How ...