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Love believes all things
By
Scot McKnight
What does the apostle Paul mean in 1 Cor 13:7 when he says Love “believes all things”? Everyone who has ever commented on this verse qualifies it with this: Paul is not saying be gullible or foolish or believe anything and everything. Still, the line is powerful one: “love believes all things.” Those who know…
Marriage and Divorce 5
By
Scot McKnight
What about the all-important words of Jesus on divorce and remarriage? [I can’t say I agree with Luck in all that he says here.] William F. Luck’s Divorce and Re-Marriage: Recovering the Biblical View discusses Jesus’ teachings in two chps, and I’ll give the big conclusions below. 1. Jesus, Luck argues, affirms the OT teaching…
Marriage and Divorce 4
By
Scot McKnight
One of the more interesting sources for information about divorce can be found in the prophets. What practices can be inferred from them? William F. Luck’s Divorce and Re-Marriage: Recovering the Biblical View examines this sort of question in chp 4. To begin with, though the Mosaic Law did say that adultery was to be punished…
Marriage and Divorce 3
By
Scot McKnight
What terminates a marriage? Or what are the grounds for a permissible divorce? William F. Luck’s Divorce and Re-Marriage: Recovering the Biblical View examines this sort of question in chp 2 of his book. Marriage, Luck is arguing, is a b-lateral covenant that is, by nature, conditional. Thus, when one person violates the terms of the…
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