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As we begin the 21st century, we live in cultures which have rejected biblical ethics and, inevitably, we are paying the price in our families. In the United Kingdom alone it is reckoned that divorce costs the state £3.4 billion a year, and that is before you consider the social implications. With a wealth of pastoral experience, Frank Retief helps us traverse this dangerous territory with a...

8 THE CHRISTIAN WAY OUT JAY Adams comments in his excellent book Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage that no one knows how divorce began. Its origins lie in the dusty past of human history. All we know is that when the Bible addressed it, it was already in existence. The Bible deals with a fait accompli. When God, through Moses, regulated divorce (Deuteronomy 22:19; 24:1–4), it was already a well-established practice. Adams makes an extremely important comment. He says: ‘Unlike marriage, divorce is
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