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Recent content by p.progress

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    so broken

    I too weep for you and the afflictions you are being forced to endure and suffer through in this time. My heart goes out to you and your family and to your husband. I don't know what is motivating him to be so foolish and foolhardy to make the choices he is at present. It will not go well for...
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    i married a divorced man before i became a believer

    Supermom, Just to let you know, I've not forgotten you, or your request for answers to the above questions. In my spare time I have been preparing what I have to offer you, from the perspective of my understanding of scriptures teaching of these important subjects. I hope you are well. I...
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    i married a divorced man before i became a believer

    Hello SM, I read your message to me, and have been trying to find time to properly respond to our questions. I've also attempted to 'befriend' you - but because I'm not really familiar with how to go about doing so, I may not have done so properly...though I hope I did. Regarding the...
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    What would you tell singles about Pre-Nups?

    You 'think' of them (pre-nups) this way, because you are not fully informed about the circumstances and conditions under which they have unfortunately become more than necessary in our changing culture and society - what has changed 'legally' (over the past century or so), to force men (or...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    It appears I'm being accused not only of 'failing' to answer 'the lust question'; but I've done so in an effort to avoid something. Avoid what? Something (in the minds of some) apparently too 'legalistic' to be honest with myself about. The reality is that I'm neither out of touch with, nor in...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    You say Christ: You add as your example: Indeed, the Lord 'recognized' - or acknowledged that people who are forbidden to marry, nevertheless, marry. Where you (and many others) are grossly misinformed and misguided in your understanding - and certainly your claims, is in thinking...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    ********************************************************** Continued from above: For wives, though this places them in a very vulnerable position on a human level, when the case with their own husband, is one that he is neither “good and gentle” but rather forward and...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    ********************************************************** Continued from above: Having said this, the following must be quickly and forcefully stated, which is this: Though the above is true, nevertheless, these facts do not provide any justification for men to abuse their position and power...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    ********************************************************** Continued from above: But let me say this, to ‘touch’ on what I think you might be driving at in the above questions: Though the ‘exception clause’ found in Matthew is only granted to the man/husband (this is...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    *************************************** Note: Meant to be a shortened version of another long post. But I’m guessing this will be judged to be long too. I’m sorry Million Pieces, what are you asking specifically about the wife whose husband “committed adultery”? Not...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    It is certainly a wonderful truth that those who have been redeemed, are no longer "under" it...that is "under the Law" or "under the curse of the Law"; which is saying the same thing from another vantage point of what it means to be "dead to the Law" and alive to Christ. But though no longer...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    Note: Not sure how long this will appear when posted. Hope you'll excuse if it appears 'too' long a post: OP: Comments directed at post I found, cited below: This type of thinking process is a very dangerous one, this is especially so considering how clear and plain God's words are...
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    Remarriage after Divorce

    Paul's declaration (aka.: passage) in his letter to the Roman believers you cited is an unalterable statement of God's will. It is His established Way with respect to the nature of the "one-flesh" relationship. The wife is bound to her husband - for life, by that Law of God; and there is no...
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    Divorce & Remarriage thoughts

    Please, for truth's sake, let us be more careful and specific here: 1. A so-called 'serious break' is when a husband treacherously casts his wife out. But also refuses to give her a document that spells this was his decision, not hers. He does not want her to marry another. 2. A so-called...
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    jury duty

    If you don't vote - which I am sure you do not do as a Mennonite, then you don't have to 'worry' about being called for jury duty. BUT IF YOU WERE called to jury duty, then becoming thoroughly informed (by educating yourself about 'jury nullification', as the other poster mentioned) will...