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A contemporary PCA theologian who said that abuse is grounds for divorce – David Clyde Jones
Barbara Roberts ♦ 14th February 2019 ♦ 5 Comments
David Clyde Jones is remembered as the PCA’s chief ethicist of recent times (link). He trained generations of pastors at Covenant Theological Seminary, where he taught for 40 years. He commended my book Not Under Bondage. Jones suggested that the Westminster Confession’s statement about divorce be modified in one small but very significant way. The …
Puritans who said abuse was grounds for divorce
Barbara Roberts ♦ 12th February 2019 ♦ 17 Comments
Abuse IS grounds for divorce. Most evangelical leaders are reluctant to say this outright today, but several eminent theologians In the sixteenth and seventeenth century said it. Today’s leaders need to take courage and follow their example. Thomas Cranmer was the first to say it – see Pt 1 of this series Thomas Cranmer on divorce …
Thomas Cranmer on divorce for abuse
Barbara Roberts ♦ 9th February 2019 ♦ 16 Comments
Several theologians in the 16th & 17th centuries said abuse is grounds for divorce. It is a tragedy that their arguments have been passed over and ignored by so many today. The Roman church only countenanced “separation from bed and board” in cases of abuse or other marital mistreatment. When the protestant reformation began, quite …
The righteous and the wicked have very different goals
Barbara Roberts ♦ 3rd February 2019 ♦ 7 Comments
The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. Proverbs 11:23 (NKJ) The righteous want peace, mutual respect, and safety. The wicked covertly stir things up by manipulating other people to become enraged at each other. Having sowed the seeds of the conflict, the wicked one walks away …
The notes in the October Testament are spiritually uplifting and illuminating
Barbara Roberts ♦ 1st February 2019 ♦ 3 Comments
Puzzling passages in the New Testament are illuminated by the notes which are in the October Testament. The October Testament is the New Testament of the New Matthew Bible; it is published by Baruch House Publishing. I’ve been reading my copy of the October Testament for many months now and I can assure you that …
Biblical meekness is not weakness
Barbara Roberts ♦ 25th January 2019 ♦ 29 Comments
Biblical meekness is not weakness that lacks courage or resolution. It is a condition of mind and heart which demonstrates gentleness not in weakness but in power; a balance born in strength of character. It is strength that gets angry at the right time, in the right measure, and for the right reason. In modern English the …
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