What do we make of Jesus’ strong words about divorce?
by David Baker, Christian Today:
Jesus said: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her…” (Mark 10:11)
I received a heart-rending message on Facebook after writing about how Jesus defines marriage in the previous article in this series on discipleship from Mark’s Gospel.
The post said this: “Thanks Christian Today! And where does that leave those who are divorced not by choice, who have had to pick up the pieces with their children????? Some people do all those things and still end up divorced!!!!” The writer later added: “I think the author needs to acknowledge the issues…, otherwise people can feel like utter failures!”
It is a fair point, and I felt bad about the pain the individual concerned had expressed. I responded by saying that the particular article was about how Jesus defines marriage, and that we would think more about Jesus’ words on divorce in the next article. So here we now are…
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