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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...

distinction between wives and concubines, though the exact legal status of concubines is not entirely clear) and the New Testament (e.g. John 4:17f). It is not true to say that a couple is married in God’s eyes by virtue of the fact that they are co-habiting. They are rather, to use the Bible’s terms, committing fornication. But can there be de facto marriages when a couple have lived together for many years? Shouldn’t they see themselves as married in the eyes of God? It may in many cases be right
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