Second Chance: Biblical Principles of Divorce and Remarriage (HB)

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Excellent, Practical, and Biblical Guide to Divorce and Remarriage

Nathan Albright (Tampa, FL) 1/20/2009 7:54 AM

In this excellent book, part of the Biblical Blueprints Series, Ray Sutton gives an excellent and scriptural guide to divorce and remarriage. As a subject I have more knowledge of than I would wish (including being a child in the contentious divorce of my parents), this book provided a sensible way to deal with those problems. The book looks at a wide variety of practical and theological issues concerning divorce and re-marriage, including the biblical grounds for divorce (based on the concept of covenantal death), the need for council, the waiting period for remarriage, sanctions on guilty spouses, the establishment of ecclesiastical courts (something I believe many churches should establish), as well as the roles that the family and state play in marriage by upholding the biblical law. The book will draw some fire for being overly harsh to some and overly permissive to others, but it provides a biblically grounded way of dealing with the horrific problem of divorce and re-marriage that has engulfed our society. Of particular interest as well is the impressive scriptural exegesis used in such examples as the prodigal son and Esther (looking at the subject of adoption), Judah and Tamar and the woman caught in adultery (to look at the problem of disqualifying covenental lawsuits), and the very appropriate use of stories drawn from counseling as well to provide helpful examples, both negative and positive, in dealing with this thorny issue. For those who have been divorced or are seeking to marry into a family after a divorce, this book provides some very excellent wisdom to avoid compounding the suffering.

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Publisher: Inst. For Christian Economics

Subtitle: Biblical Principles of Divorce and Remarriage

About the Title

Does the Bible have answers for the heart-wrenching problems of divorce and remarriage? Yes. Absolutely.

One out of every two marriages in the United States now ends in divorce. Almost half of the children born today will be living in a broken home before they reach the age of eighteen. Forty million Americans have been married more than once, and the number keep increasing. This trend has now touched every sector of our societyincluding the Church.

Most pastors and theologians have been caught off guard. And as a result, they have resorted to extremismliberal permissiveness on the one hand, austere legalism on the other. They have been unable to genuinely help those caught in the traumas of divorce and remarriage. They don't have answers. But the Bible does.

In this volume of the groundbreaking Biblical Blueprints Series, Rev. Ray Sutton outlines those answers specifically. He avoids the extremes by providing clear, balanced instruction from Scripture.
The Bible tells us what to dowhen, where, how, and why. It provides us with a "blueprint" for faithfulness in the midst of divorce and remarriage. Second Chance lays out that "blueprint" simply, practically, an understandably. It offers hope and help for the hurting.

Author: Ray Sutton & Edited by Dr. Gary North

About the Author: Rev. Ray R. Sutton is Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Mid America of the Reformed Episcopal Church as well as Rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, and professor of scripture and theology at Cranmer Theological House. He is the author of several books, including: That You May Prosper: Dominion by Covenant.

About the Editor: Gary North received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Riverside in 1972. Gary is the author of 42 books including The War on Mel Gibson: The Media versus The Passion and Crossed Fingers: How Liberals Captured the Presbyterian Church. Gary is one of the most insightful and thought-provoking historians in modern times.

Hardback, 252 pages
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