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Divorce and Remarriage: Biblical Principle and Pastoral Practice is unavailable, but you can change that!

What does the Bible teach about divorce? May a Christian remarry during the lifetime of a divorced partner? With the increasing number of divorces and second marriages, such questions now touch every family and every church. Cornes addresses these and other questions in a comprehensive and balanced manner. Cornes begins his book with a theology of marriage and singleness, examining all the...

Marriage There are some magnificent and often pithy statements about marriage, particularly in the first Report: • ‘We marry not only because we love but to be helped to love’ (Marriage, p. 7) • ‘Marriage … is a school of patience and forgiveness (Marriage, p. 8) • ‘Together the [married] couple can extend love to other people: to their own children … and … to many others who interact with them … so that the weakening of marriage has serious implications for the mutual belonging and care that is