You know the bible answers to your questions right? Your questions are probably statements cause many church leaders simply shy off a full bible stand on this subject matter intentionally. Then again anybody can have an impressive biography book in the bookstores and later be on the radio and television as a celebrity but you still don't know much of a bible believer they are cause they'll probably spend 98% of their teaching on faith and prosperity, tithes, the 10 commandments, the cross and the grace of Jesus only. What good is following a celebrity with a ministry if you don't know him with the book hardly? Jesus said in Matthew 15:14 that if the blind lead the blind both with fall into the ditch. Simply knowing a sweetheart that barely lets you know them with the book. Critics will now say it don't matter cause you can have your own philosophy with certain bible subject matters and still go to heaven. Paul would correct them in Colossians 2:8. He would correct them in 2 Timothy 3:16. He would correct them in 2 Peter 1:20-21. Since their is a correct teaching on anything in the book and theirs an incorrect teaching on anything in the book and we talking heaven or hell only, it's vital to hang around real sheep with the spirit of God talking with the book on anything contained in it. Real sheep not required to be the wittiest with the book anywhere all the time but their phony with dealing and teaching anything in this book correctly. Paul says so in 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 somewhere and also in John 10:23 I believe. We hang around these phonies then we're in trouble with the warning in Matthew 15:14 and also the warning in 2 Corinthians 6:14-17. Escaping away from this partial doctrine unity in Christ is quite a job for real sheep but I stand on all the book 100% correctly when the Lord gives me grace to know what's correct teaching with the book anywhere. I'm confident and fully persuaded that he has real sheep like this that won't cater to people with the partial doctrine unity meetings to have fellowship only. (charleychacko;1904)
Divorce is a growing problem in America. The casual attitude of divorce in the secular world is spilling over into the church where the statistics are only slightly lower. Consider the following statistics from the US Census Bureau: In 1920, there was 1 divorce for every 7 marriages. That is 14%. In 1940, there was 1 divorce for every 6 marriages. That is 17%. In 1960, there was 1 divorce for every 4 marriages. That is 25%. In 1972, there was 1 divorce for every 3 marriages. That is 33%. In 1977, there was 1 divorce for every 2 marriages. That is 50%.(1) Of course, the divorce rate has stayed around 50% since the 70's, but has recently exceeded that. Marriage was first instituted by God in the Garden of Eden. It is a monogamous, physical and spiritual union between a man and a woman (Gen. 2:21-24), where adultery was forbidden (Exodus 20:14), and dissolution was not allowed. But it didn't take long for the monogamous arrangement to become corrupted. Polygamy became an accepted social custom (Gen. 16:1-2; Deut. 21:15). In fact, many of the Kings of Israel were polygamists. The norm, however, was, and still is, monogamy.People Got Divorced in the Bible. As is evident in the statistics above, people get divorced. Even in the Bible there was divorce. In the OT, only men were able to divorce their wives (Deut. 24:1-4). In the NT, women were also apparently able to initiate divorce (Mark 10:12; 1 Cor. 7:13). But, what is a Christian to do if he or she has been divorced? Can he remarry? Should he stay single? Is the Christian guilty of a perpetual sin if he or she divorces? God wants the Christian to take marriage very seriously. Jesus said, "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate," (Mark 10:9 -- see also 1 Cor. 7:10-11; Heb. 13:4.).(2) But, because we live in an imperfect world, the Bible speaks about the circumstance of divorce.