MAY THE “GUILTY PARTY” REMARRY? (Divorce and Remarriage in a Few Minutes)

Posted on May 24, 2021July 31, 2022 by WLPublications

Marriage, divorce, and remarriage (MDR): Who can remarry?

“Guilty Party” in the title is in quotation marks because both parties to a divorce are often guilty. A Christian psychology professor and marriage counselor said, “People are divorced for a reason;” both husbands and wives contribute to their failed marriages. 1 Cor. 7:5 gives an example of how a spouse may tempt a mate to stray: “Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”

Adultery is always wrong. Adulterers will lose their souls (1 Cor. 6:9). Perhaps someone lacking discipline marries at a young age. The marriage doesn’t last because he didn’t control himself. But did the so-called “innocent” spouse contribute by overlooking red flags in her haste to marry? Must a cheater be alone the rest of his life?

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THE “TRADITIONAL VIEW” IS NOT TRADITIONAL, Part 1

Posted on February 12, 2017February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

That the “traditional view” is not traditional within the churches of Christ is evident by those who laid the foundation of the American Restoration Movement. To name just two, Alexander Campbell, Walter Scott, and David Lipscomb did not hold to the “spousal adultery only” view that would come into vogue around 1940.

CAMPBELL, SCOTT, AND LIPSCOMB ON DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE

Posted on February 11, 2017February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

I once believed that brotherhood views on divorce and remarriage were a monolith of agreement. That has never been true. Pioneer Christians didn’t argue that some marriages must not be allowed to pollute the church. Nor were marriages considered matters of fellowship.

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL AND WALTER SCOTT

Campbell, key to the restoration movement, believed an abandoned spouse could remarry:

WISDOM FROM DAVID LIPSCOMB

Posted on February 7, 2016February 13, 2020 by WLPublications

David Lipscomb had a “tremendous impact on the movement to restore New Testament Christianity . . . it can be argued that no one—not even Alexander Campbell—has become more identified with a specific geographical location. . . . Lipscomb must belong to the South.” In 1866, Lipscomb began co-editing the Gospel Advocate with Tolbert Fanning and remained its driving force for more than six decades. He was a founder of Nashville Bible School, now David Lipscomb University.