#376: What Does God’s Word Actually Say About Divorce and Remarriage?
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
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🗓️ 30 August 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Friends, please note that we don't go into detail about how to recognize abuse in marriage. We have other conversations about abusive marriages that we encourage you to listen to! (See the links below). This episode's purpose is to look at what the biblical texts say about marriage, divorce and remarriage. Our guest is a biblical scholar, but he is not a counselor; his comments are not nuanced nor intended to be applied to situations of domestic abuse or trauma. If you have wounds that are still tender from a difficult or abusive marriage, you may want to skip this episode for now.
A few other episodes to listen to first:
Java #372: How to Recognize Domestic Abuse
Java #377: How to Care For a Friend (Or Yourself) When the Marriage Doesn't Survive
Java #167: Why People Are More Important Than Marriage
Enough is Enough blog by Gary Thomas
From pornography to financial infidelity, domestic abuse to emotional affairs — it's no surprise more Christians are asking: what exactly qualifies as "marital unfaithfulness"? Juli welcomes Bible teacher and pastor Mike Fabarez to walk you through the scriptures that address divorce and help you apply them to difficult questions that aren't directly addressed in the Bible.
More tough questions. Less small talk. Grab your Java and join us!
Guest: Mike Fabarez
Show notes:
What Should You Do If Your Husband Looks At Porn? (Juli's blog)
Java #364: How to Work Your Way Back to Sexual Intimacy After Infidelity
Shame Doesn’t Have the Final Word (Juli's blog)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, friend. Before we get into my conversation with Pastor Mike Faberos about divorce and remarriage, |
| 0:07.6 | I want to clarify a few important things. First, Mike Faberis is a biblical scholar, and it's important |
| 0:13.5 | that we get guidance from scholars like Mike on what the Bible says on key topics like divorce |
| 0:19.1 | and remarriage. And that's the point of this conversation. |
| 0:22.2 | We've had many Java episodes where we've talked about dating and abuse and about difficult |
| 0:27.9 | marriage situations. And when the question of divorce and remarriage comes up, we don't really |
| 0:33.4 | have an expert on that. And so I wanted to talk to somebody who studies the scripture |
| 0:37.8 | and can give us some biblical guidance on what the Bible actually says. But here's what I want to |
| 0:43.4 | clarify. Mike is not a counselor. You know, the scripture says that God gives the body different |
| 0:49.0 | gifts and that we depend on each other. And so there are biblical scholars, there are pastors, |
| 0:53.6 | there are teachers, and then there are pastors, there are teachers, |
| 0:54.6 | and then there are counselors, there are people with the gifts of wisdom and discernment that can |
| 0:58.9 | apply biblical truth to unique situations. So some of what Mike says in this conversation is not |
| 1:05.4 | nuanced or intended to be applied to situations that might involve trauma or domestic violence. |
| 1:12.0 | Those are different conversations, and we've had those on job literally, and we'll keep having them. |
| 1:17.1 | We'll link to some of them in our show notes, but let me just read a few titles for you here before we get into this show. |
| 1:23.5 | Number 372, How to Recognize Domestic Abuse. |
| 1:27.6 | Number 377, How to Care domestic abuse. Number 37, how to care for a friend or yourself when the marriage doesn't survive. |
| 1:34.1 | And number 167, white people are more important than marriage. |
| 1:38.7 | If you have wounds that are still tender from an abuse over toxic marriage or from divorce, |
| 1:45.5 | I really recommend that you take some time to listen to a few of these episodes first so that you can be grounded in the |
| 1:50.7 | truth that God loves you. He's concerned with your safety and your dignity and your healing. |
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