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Recent content by cnystrom

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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    So then your position is that polygamy was a problem in the 1st century church and these verses with explicit references to polygamy were needed to prevent polygamist from obtaining leadership positions in the church? Do you see any problem with that position?
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    Your assumption is that there is no time lapse, while in verse 2 clearly describes the passage of time: "all the years of Jehoiada the priest. " Therefore you do not know the age at the time of marriage, or the age when children were born. Many translations specify Joash by name in v3: 2...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    God is not allowing it. He is the instigator. He is the provider. Nathan is passing on the message from God that God would have been happy to provide more wives to him, so why did David need to take Uriah's wife? The implicit message is that God would have been happy to give David more wives. He...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    This is actually a pro-polygamy verse. 1. If God wanted one and only one wife, why not say so here? 2. It does not mean one and only one wife anymore that it means a king can have one and only one gold coin or one and only one horse (v16). 3. Most men could not have many wives because they...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    You admit that God is giving him more wives, and then you avoid the question. Why is God doing this if more wives is a sin? Sorry, but I believe you are mis-reading this. The "him" in v3 is Joash, not Jehoiada. NIV: 2 "Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years of Jehoiada...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    Detailed answer to this question in message #57.
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    How many wives do you have Moses taking? How do you read it? Moses is traditionally given as the author of Genesis, but that is not central to my point. Niether Moses, nor the patriarchs, nor even all of the Jews thought that that the point of the Adam and Eve story was to teach "monogamy...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    First of all, I believe the burden of proof is on the other side. If a polygamist comes into your congregation and you wanted to correct him of his sin, you would be burdened to show that from scripture. And therein lies the problem. Unlike divorce (Malachi 2:16) there is no "I hate polygamy"...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    The bottom line is that we want to capture the heart of God. We do not want to be accepted by man or our culture. We want to be accepted by God. The OP to this thread said that it is odd that the modern Chruch accepts divorce so readily, and yet so strongly opposes polygamy, when from scripture...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    Sorry, I am not sure what you think does not make sense. Yes. Adultery is a form of sexual immorality and according to Jesus a man can divorce his wife for it. A man may not divorce his wife and marry another. Matthew 19:9. BTW, notice that the married man has no such prohibition on marrying...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    Not sure if I agree with you. He explicitedly said "You have heard it said, "XXXX", but I say, "YYY", so I do believe he is changing it up. Secondly, he said "But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    One probablem with this teaching is that the person that wrote this did not seem to have your understanding, as he himself had multiple wives. Well that is the question we are discussing. Where did he actually say "no more polygamy"? And if he never did say it, are we not adding to the word...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    Yes. If you take a wife you are supposed to keep her.
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    The only circumstance for a Christian is that men have the exception clause (infidelity, with the example of Joseph). As far as I can tell Christian women have no divorce recourse at all. You said "circumstances" (plural). Do you know of any others? Under what circumstances and what was the...
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    Why Are Christians More Receptive to Divorce Than Polygamy?

    No argument that marriage is between one man and one woman, so arguments that it is will only be agreeed to. It is that last addition about monogamy that you add in, that is in dispute. Let me challenge your implicit sources within scripture with my own example: What is the Bible word for...