Divorce and Remarriage, Part 1 – Dr. Ben Mayes, 7/1/26 (1822)
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Dr. Ben Mayes of Concordia Theological Seminary-Fort Wayne
Divorce and Remarriage: Ecclesiastical Discernment and Pastoral Care
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| 0:00.0 | What do Jesus and Paul teach about marriage, divorce, unchastity, and desertion? |
| 0:05.6 | The issues that said are a book of the month for July is divorce and remarriage, ecclesiastical |
| 0:10.0 | discernment and pastoral care. |
| 0:12.1 | This new resource is published by Concordia Publishing House. |
| 0:15.3 | Their phone number, 1-800-3253040. |
| 0:18.6 | You can learn more about divorce and remarriage at issue ZTC.org. Divorce and Remarriage by Dr. Ben Mays, |
| 0:24.9 | The Issues, Et cetera, Book of the Month for July. This week, on the Word of the Lord |
| 0:29.7 | indoors forever, we continue working our way through Psalm 119 with Great Spoil and a Lost Sheep. And then |
| 0:37.3 | we move to Psalm 120 through 122 with, |
| 0:41.1 | I am for peace, he who keeps Israel, and I was glad. |
| 0:46.2 | Join me, Pastor Will Whedon, for the Word of the Lord Endores Forever, |
| 0:49.9 | your daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study on demand. |
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| 1:08.6 | Scripture has a lot to say about marriage. It also has a lot to say about divorce. What about |
| 1:13.8 | divorce and remarriage? Turns out there's a lot of scripture on that as well. But to begin a |
| 1:19.8 | conversation on that, you have to start with what Jesus teaches us. From the beginning, God |
| 1:26.0 | created the male and female. |
| 1:29.7 | Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to begin a series on divorce and remarriage. |
| 1:34.8 | Dr. Ben Mays, he's Associate Professor and Chairman of Historical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. |
| 1:41.7 | He's author of The Issues, Et cetera, Book of the Month for July, divorce and remarriage, ecclesiastical discernment, and Wayne, Indiana. He's author of The Issues, Etcetera, Book of the Month for July, Divorce and Remarriage, Ecclesiastical Discernment, and Pastoral Care. Dr. Mays, welcome back. It's great to be back. Why do you think many pastors simply avoid teaching and preaching on divorce and remarriage? It does seem to be a problem, doesn't it? I think it was your producer that noted that, |
| 2:01.9 | and it certainly has come up in a lot of conversations that I've been in with lay people. Why do we not |
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