Research: Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce
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“Recent data suggests that faithful young adults can marry in their 20s without increasing the risk of separation.” - CToday
Are Kids Better Off in An Unhappily Married Family or A Happily Divorced Family?
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“In various forms and in various expressions, the perpetual myth repeated in each chapter of the sexual revolution (as each new extreme becomes a norm in our culture) is this phrase: The kids will be fine.” - Breakpoint
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Some Preliminary Thoughts on Divorce and Remarriage
Editor’s note: Baptist Bulletin ran a three article set on the topic of divorce and remarriage in the November/December 2020 issue. Below is the first, an introduction by the magazine’s managing editor.
By David Gunn
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What Does God Hate?
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“Marriage is not a picture of the Gospel when it is permanent. Marriage is permanent when it is a picture of the Gospel. A man physically, emotionally, spiritually or sexually abusing a woman (or child, or anyone) is preaching a FALSE GOSPEL.” - SBC Voices
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When May Christians Divorce?
Periodically, throughout the years, I’ve re-visited the “when can Christians legitimately divorce” issue. First time was before seminary, when someone asked me if she had biblical grounds to leave a spouse who beat her. Second time was at seminary, where I was taught the “only for adultery and desertion” approach. Third, fourth and fifth times have been over the past decade-ish, since I’ve been a pastor.
Well, I come before you to declare I’ve figured everything out …
Just kidding.
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Study: US divorce rate hits 50-year-low while marriage rate continues to fall
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“The Charlottesville, Virginia-based research organization [Institute for Family Studies] released the report on Tuesday, drawing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.” - CPost
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Wayne Grudem... Grounds for Divorce: Why I Now Believe There Are More Than Two
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“I now believe that 1 Corinthians 7:15 implies that divorce may be legitimate in other circumstances that damage the marriage as severely as adultery or desertion. This change in my position has come because I reached a new understanding of Paul’s expression ‘in such cases’ in 1 Corinthians 7:15.” - CBMW
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Despite Stigma, More Divorced Evangelicals Are Going to Church
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Per the General Society Survey, divorced evangelical attendance outpaces other traditions, but still lags far behind married evangelicals. - Christianity Today
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