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Marriage and Divorce 2
By
Scot McKnight
So what is marriage? Is it a legal contract? A covenant? A sacrament rendered effective by a priest? William F. Luck’s Divorce and Re-Marriage: Recovering the Biblical View examines this sort of question in chp 2 of his book. When a man and woman marry, what do they “covenant” to do and to be? Marriage, he…
Marriage and Divorce 1
By
Scot McKnight
I don’t think I’ve discussed divorce on this blog, and it is a topic I believe is important for a blog like this, and I was just waiting for something to spark interest … and it arrived in the mail the other day: William F. Luck’s Divorce and Re-Marriage: Recovering the Biblical View . I’d…
Forgiveness for Groups
By
Scot McKnight
Everett Worthington, Jr., a well-known expert on the emotional and psychological dimensions of forgiveness, has given us a book so many need: forgiveness applied to more than just interpersonal dimensions. His new book is called A Just Forgiveness: Responsible Healing Without Excusing Injustice . He makes this statement about a situation that was provoked for…
Should We Marry Younger?
By
Scot McKnight
Wow, did you see this piece in CT? It’s by Mark Regnerus. Indeed, over 90 percent of American adults experience sexual intercourse before marrying. The percentage of evangelicals who do so is not much lower. In a nationally representative study of young adults, just under 80 percent of unmarried, church- going, conservative Protestants who are…
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