Presents a guide to protecting a marriage from divorce, including information relationship experts on how to meet a partner's needs, heal hurt in marriage, and weather storms of life.

Consecutive polygamy (as many husbands or wives as you like but only one at a time) is now an accepted norm in contemporary society. Hardly surprising, since the social, legal, moral and financial restraints holding marriages together for a lifetime have been steadily eroded in a relativist age where anything goes. What is surprising is that divorce and remarriage are becoming as common inside the church as outside, even among Christian leaders and especially in the Evangelical stream. Believers have been outspoken about such issues as abortion and homosexuality though their Lord Jesus said nothing about either. He did say quite a lot about the subject of this book but there is either a reluctance to take his teaching at face value or an eagerness to enlarge his ‘exception’ until it becomes the rule. This volume primarily appeals to those for whom the Bible is the final authority in all matters of belief and behaviour, especially those who preach to, teach and counsel others. The author believes that the church should be leading the world uphill rather than following the world downhill. David Pawson has a worldwide teaching ministry, particularly for church leaders. He is known to many through Christian broadcasting and is the author of numerous books.

"Beyond discouragement, anger, and resentment to forgiveness"--Cover.

Designed for students from a wide range of backgrounds, this text takes a chronological and interdisciplinary approach to human development. With its focus on context and culture, the 8/E illustrates that the status of human development is inextricably embedded in a study of complex and changing cultures.

La poligamia consecutiva (tantos esposos o esposas como uno quiera, pero solo uno por vez) es ahora la norma aceptada en la sociedad contemporánea. No es algo que deba extrañarnos, ya que las restricciones sociales, legales, morales y económicas que mantenían a los matrimonios unidos durante toda la vida han sido erosionadas persistentemente en una era relativista donde todo vale. Lo que sorprende es que el divorcio y el nuevo matrimonio se están volviendo tan frecuentes dentro como fuera de la iglesia, aun entre líderes cristianos y especialmente en la corriente evangélica. Los creyentes han sido elocuentes acerca del aborto y la homosexualidad, aunque su Señor Jesús no dijo nada acerca de ninguno de estos temas. Sí dijo bastante acerca del tema de este libro, pero existe ya sea una renuencia a tomar su enseñanza al pie de la letra o una avidez por agrandar su “excepción” hasta convertirla en la regla. Este libro apela principalmente a aquellas personas para las cuales la Biblia es la autoridad final en todos los asuntos de creencia y conducta, en especial las que predican, enseñan o aconsejan a otras. El autor cree que la iglesia debería estar liderando al mundo cuesta arriba en vez de seguirlo cuesta abajo.

Few New Testament texts have had their meaning debated so vigorously as those in which Jesus discusses divorce: Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:6, 9; Mark 10:9-12; Luke 16:18; and 1 Cor 7:11. From the early Church, through there formation, and into the present day, they have continued to rouse debate within the Churches and among believers. This work focuses on one aspect of that debate; namely, what Jesus has to say regarding divorce when his sayings are interpreted in their literary and historical context. To aid in this contextual understanding, the sayings are studied in the order in which they were written down in ancient times. Not every aspect of the debate therefore is addressed - nor could it be on an issue of such personal and pastoral complexity. Yet it is the challenge of biblical scholars to study the Word of God - in all its complexity - and to try to make that Word understandable. This work is offered to scholars and believers alike in the hope of adding to that understanding.