The Divorce Myth

The commonly asked question today is, "Should divorced people remarry?" With great compassion and warmth, Dr. Laney maintains that the more fundamental question with which Christ dealt is, "Should married people be divorced?" His purpose is to draw the church up short against the runaway divorce epidemic with a theology of marriage.

Challenging the church on the subject of divorce and remarriage, the author carefully builds evidence from scripture and from cultural and historical data for a no-divorce/remarriage position. Not everyone will agree with Laney, but it deserves the careful attention of all who are genuinely concerned about the divorce issue.

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Posted: Apr-16-2008

A difficult topic handled with both truth and love

There's no question that the subject of divorce is a hot potato in the church today. With the divorce rate among professing Christians actually WORSE than among unbelievers, it's an issue that affects nearly every congregation. I myself have two friends currently coping with the pain of pending...

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Posted: Sep-08-2005

A very good book

Wait a minute. The author says that in Mt 5:32 and 19:9 porneia = illicit marriage. To say that porneia must mean in both cases "any kind of inmoral sexual act", because the Bible gives us several meanings for the word porneia is a huge mistake. Just because the word "can" means " a usually...

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Posted: Nov-18-2004

The worst one out there. Filled with poor thinking.

a comment from another:'modernists promoting divorce & remarriage.'.This statement is half the problem. People simply cannot see past their own traditions to see grace and forgiveness.Modernists are not promoting divorce and remarriage. They are attempting to heal the wounded using Gods...

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Posted: Sep-10-2003

Interesting perspective....but not without clear problems

J. Carl Laney has written an important work here in this oft-sited book. In fact, the reason I decided to read this book at all was because it was quoted so many times in book, articles, etc. that I've read on this topic. Laney certainly makes some good arguments, but I also see some serious...

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Posted: Jun-18-2003

beware this scripture twister

This is an EXTREMELY condemning word to those in abusive marriages. Basically, he teaches no divorce and no remarriage for any reason. He ended up here because he believes in the 'perspiscuity of Scripture' which means that what the Bible says is clear to a reader. These divorce verses are...

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Posted: Dec-05-2001

Laney removes not the ancient landmark

Laney's book "The Divorce Myth" is a must-read for the Pastor and Missionary and makes for an excellent text book for Bible College-level family classes.As always, there are many 'modern day' prophets who have attempted to add 'new light' upon the area of divorce and remarriage amongst the...

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Posted: Nov-12-2001

Wishful thinking done well - if only it were so simple.

Mr Laney adopts a "no divorce" position. He uses a common argument to suggest that adultery is not a ground for divorce, namely that in the Law of Moses an adulterer would have been executed, rather than divorced, although this mistakes the different consequences of complaining to a court versus...

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Posted: Jul-21-1999

Biblical True About Divorce

The book is very well written, and it is based on what the Holy Bible say about divorce and remarriage. J. Carl Laney has not taken scriptures of content in any area. It will answer those questions that Christians would have on the subject of divorce and remarriage. This book should be in every...

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Posted: Apr-19-1999

It makes you think about God's standards for marriage.

Laney gives a thoughtful and understanding treatment of how pastors are tempted to be "pleasers" when asked to perform marriages for divorced people, but does not apologize for upholding God's original intent of one spouse until death do you part. He gives a critique of the pro's and con's on...

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