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Be very careful of passing judgement on a man whom nobody but the OP knows. There is rarely a Biblical divorce - maybe 1/10,000. By the law of the land, he has every ability to file as you have committed adultry (knowing he did as well makes it quite hypocritical, but it's still grounds)...

I say run - run far away and never look back. DivorceCare claims biblical backing, but I found it horribly biased against the teachings of the Bible. For example, the session on new relationships comes BEFORE the session on forgiveness. The session on remarriage comes before forgiveness as...

Husband cheats on wife, wife cheats on husband and uses husbands infidelity as reason to pursue divorce, the entire time attempting to look for justification in the Bible; justification which will never be found. What a sad situation the church is in. Not because of the view of divorce, but...

a judge signed a divorce decree. Quite a Christmas prosent. :eek: I've learned that I have a blessed life. Every single dream that I ever had has come true; I married the girl of my dreams, I had every material item I had ever hoped for, I had a great carear, great life as a whole. Many...

I'd have given anything for this a year ago in MN...

Some years the true meaning of Christmas seems lost - because of all of the other **** that we get hit with from the world, friends, loved-ones, those closest to us. I can't imagine if I heard these words from my ex - I certainly wouldn't handle it as well as you are. Hang in there, WP...

It's not my Scripture - I didn't write it. It's also not about consistency, it's about what God wants for leadership in the church. Divorce/remarriage is not the same as widowed/remarriage, nor does the Bible every call them out in the same light (to the best of my knowledge). In fact Paul calls...

It's all over. Just reading foxnews.com or listening to the radio or watching the evening news, you can hear about it. So many stories about Christmas celebrations - oops, sorry - Holiday celebrations including Jewish and Muslim religious traditions, but excluding Christian traditions these...

There may be some interpretive differences, but I would have to offer a challenge. If God were to apply the "of one wife" designation only to elders, and not leaders, what good would that designation offer? Should not those who lead the congregation be Men of God? Pastors in my opinion have...

I agree that looking at the "whole" person is critical. But if a church chooses to ignore specific commands of God when it comes to choosing leadership, I'd have to admittedly question their adherence to the rest of Scripture. God is specific about this, and I believe it's for a very specific...

Quoted - these are phenominal words... Great post.:thumbsup:

How can it be putting your marriage on hold? You are already married, are you not? So your marriage is not on hold. Perhaps "happiness" is on hold, but that (in my boisterous opinion) is irrelevant. :eek: Yes, I just said that. First - you *CAN* handle it. God gives us nothing we cannot...

While I agree that the "rule" can prevent an amazing teacher from becomming a pastor, I think that the odds are small. Let me qualify the term "leadership" when it comes to my church (e-free, btw)... I can/could lead classes - I could be involved in DIvorceCare or what I call marriageCare or a...

Depends on the church... Some say it's okay. My particular church answers with an emphatic "NO" for any leadership position based on Scriptures already mentioned. That means I could never hold any leadership position in my church, because I"m divorced. Does that sadden me? Sometimes...

I think this is one of the wisest things I've read on this board... yet also something that 99% of everyone else in this crazy world will say is horribly bad. Getting through a divorce is the hardest thing I've ever done. I'm not through it at all, and frankly the holidays make it worse. I...

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Wonderful list!!! I want to add two.. 14. Is your conselor a Christian? And will he/she counsel by the Word, or by the world? I've said it a few times - our marriage counselor stated he was a Christian - and even a youth pastor - but he "checked [his] beliefs at the door." There's red...

So much that I have the book, the video series and I had the 6-disc CD series... Had, because I gave them to a friend who was getting married and moving out of state. :D :D I found Jimmy Evans' ministry by accident, really. I watched some of their TV shows on-line and really liked them. So...