Divorce and Remarriage, Part 3 – Dr. Ben Mayes, 7/7/26 (1882)
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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 |
| 0:29.8 | endorse forever, we continue our work through this altar, considering Psalms 123 through 127. I lift up my |
| 0:37.3 | eyes. Our help is in the name of the Lord as the mountains |
| 0:41.2 | surround Jerusalem, home with shouts of joy, and unless the Lord builds the house. Join me, Pastor |
| 0:48.6 | Willeden, for the word of the Lord indoors forever, your daily 15 minute. Verse by verse Bible study on demand. |
| 0:56.4 | Listen at the wordendors.org or your favorite podcast provider. |
| 1:10.7 | In the course of our conversation with Dr. Ben Mays on divorce and remarriage, we have already |
| 1:16.5 | uncovered the fact that the Lutheran Church of Missouri Senate has not only wavered a little bit |
| 1:20.6 | on the biblical teaching, but it has chosen a category, malicious abandonment or malicious |
| 1:26.4 | desertion, and expanded that officially through |
| 1:29.1 | its CTCR documents to include just about any kind of behavior at all. |
| 1:34.1 | How can that be corrected and how can a congregation right there at that level deal biblically |
| 1:38.9 | and rightly with the issue of divorce and remarriage? |
| 1:43.7 | Welcome back to Issues, etc. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us for part three of our series on divorce and remarriage. Welcome back to Issues Et cetera. I'm Todd Wilkin. Joining for part three of our series on divorce and remarriage, Dr. Benjamin Mays, Associate Professor and Chairman of Historical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, author of The Issues Et cetera Book of the Month for July, Divorce and Remarriage, Ecclesiastical Disc discernment, and pastoral care. Dr. Mays, |
| 2:02.2 | welcome back. I am happy to be here with you. Let's return, if we could, to First |
| 2:06.4 | Corinthians 7, and it does describe abandonment, which has, as you said, been called malicious desertion. |
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