Divorce Your Remarriage

The GBN (Gospel Broadcast Network) teaches from a Church of Christ perspective on a variety of topics, including divorce and remarriage.  In a series, GBN curated and responded to questions from listeners on this subject. I react to those questions in a series of videos which you can find at this playlist: REACT: Church of Christ Divorce Questions Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...

The GBN (Gospel Broadcast Network) teaches from a Church of Christ perspective on a variety of topics, including divorce and remarriage.  In a series, GBN curated and responded to questions from listeners on this subject. I react to those questions in a series of videos which you can find at this playlist: REACT: Church of Christ Divorce Questions Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...

Researching the views of early church writers costs a lot of time or money.  That problem is largely behind us now after I created a website (with the help of Claude AI) to solve that problem: SophiaScriptura.com It's pretty powerful. Check it out and let me know your recommendations for improvements to the site. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/div...

I met some incredible people.  I traveled 10 hours to a retreat in Ohio to meet with people who stand for marriage.  Many are separated or divorced.  They choose to follow Christ by rejecting remarriage while their estranged spouse lives. Their stories are incredible, real, and powerful.  You can't fake the sincerity it takes to spend decades standing for a marriage that God joined together,...

The Global Methodist Church met in Johannesburg in September 2026 to fellowship, elect leaders, and refine their documents. The relatively new denomination of over 7,000 churches debated divorce and remarriage. After many speeches and votes, the side of the debate that wanted to say little about divorce and remarriage got more votes than the side that wanted to say even less.  By reacting to the g...

In this episode, I build on the preceding two episodes on the law and discuss various considerations and questions regarding the law that arise when considering the different theories on the continuity and discontinuity of the law between the old covenant and new covenant. This YouTube playlist includes all three law episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB83ngeQp_cY&si=sKSRrPwyr9avpDrN...

In Acts 6:14, some complained that Christians were changing the customs established under Moses.  The concern is understandable.  Paul taught circumcision is no longer required.  We need not participate in temple sacrifices.  We have added baptism and communion.  Those are changes, but Moses forbade adding or removing from the law and even Jesus said he wasn't abolishing the law.  Meanwhile,...

Moses forbade adding or removing from his law.  Jesus said he wasn't abolishing the law.  So far, so good. But, the NT practice regarding divorce and remarriage appears to differ from the OT practice.  This raises the question: Do we have to read Jesus's teaching unnaturally, so as to make it fit within the practices we find in the OT?  In this episode, I address this question. Book: htt...

N.T. Wright  is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham and Lord Spiritual in the UK Parliament from 2003 to 2010.  In this episode, I react to the view on divorce and remarriage he expressed when asked about it on a podcast. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/ YouTube: htt...

The revered pastor and author A.W. Tozer passed away in 1963.  Some of his audio sermons can be found online.  In one of those messages, he paraphrased a conversation he had with a divorced taxi cab driver in Chicago.  Hear how Tozer responds to this Chicagoan's view of his ex-wife and daughter. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage...

On the Buried Bible Podcast (  ⁨@BuriedBiblePodcast⁩  ), archeologist, author, and professor Dr. Mark Chavalas (  ⁨@MarkChavalas⁩  ) brought his expertise to answer an ancient question: What does the New Testament teach about divorce and remarriage? Now, I react to Dr. Chavalas's answers with a different perspective so that you can compare our views. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N...

We've been podcasting for a year!  We will look at the history leading up to the podcast, the heart behind the podcast, the impact of the podcast, and the future of the podcast. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriage Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594 Facebook: https://www....

How do we address a circumstance where our reading of the Scriptures disagrees with the adjudication made by our internal sense of right and wrong? This is an important question when reading the New Testament on divorce and remarriage.  The practice of divorce and remarriage is common today.  The justifications given for it are many.  Yet, Jesus teaching seems to differ with the common practice an...

Pastor John MacArthur's seminary, which he founded in 1986, recently released a video featuring Dr. Bryan Murphy's teaching on divorce and remarriage.  His interpretation is similar to most evangelicals.  I respond to his view so that you can see the contrast and determine which view is closer to the original intent of the biblical authors. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Ins...

Jonathan Edwards preached the funeral of famed missionary to the Native Americans: David Brainerd. Edwards also compiled Brainerd's biography, which received acclaim widely. But, few today know that David Brainerd recorded how, when revival came, adulterous remarriages were divorced.  David Brainerd insisted on it. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/d...

Dr. Benjamin Mayes recently wrote a book on divorce and remarriage.  His book is premised on historic Lutheran views that have been mostly forgotten in modern Protestantism.  Order his book here: https://www.cph.org/divorce-and-remarriage-ecclesiastical-discernment-and-pastoral-care (Get my book on divorce and remarriage while you're at it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ ) He recently...

Dr. Benjamin Mayes recently wrote a book on divorce and remarriage.  His book is premised on historic Lutheran views that have been mostly forgotten in modern Protestantism.  Order his book here: https://www.cph.org/divorce-and-remarriage-ecclesiastical-discernment-and-pastoral-care (Get my book on divorce and remarriage while you're at it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ ) He recently...

Dr. Benjamin Mayes recently wrote a book on divorce and remarriage.  His book is premised on historic Lutheran views that have been mostly forgotten in modern Protestantism.  Order his book here: https://www.cph.org/divorce-and-remarriage-ecclesiastical-discernment-and-pastoral-care (Get my book on divorce and remarriage while you're at it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ ) He recently...

In Mat 19:3, the Pharisees ask Jesus about divorcing for "any cause."  Jesus said no.  Then, in Mat 19:7 the Pharisees asked about divorcing for the reason Moses (allegedly) commanded.  They thought Moses commanded divorce when the woman committed adultery.  Jesus rejected that reason for divorce in Mat 19:8.  That means the exception clause in Mat 19:9 cannot refer to adultery since Jes...

Joel Garner ( @joelgarner539 https://youtube.com/@joelgarner539?si=sQgbrm_k56PBVeBq ) interprets the New Testament to teach marriage permanence, but he disagrees with my view of the exception clause (Mat 5:32, 19:9). In this episode, I am responding to his last video in our ongoing friendly debate.  This back and forth gives us the opportunity to identify the premises that underly our disagreement...

Corey Minor runs the large SmartChristians podcast and in May 2026, he uploaded an episode about divorce and remarriage ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSMy4L-fmE ).  Corey has the typical permissive evangelical view on the subject except he believes the guilty party to adultery is not specifically prohibited from remarrying.  I react to Corey's interpretation in this episode. Book: https:...

Dr. Hershael York of Southern Seminary on the Pastor Well podcast ( https://youtu.be/athpYa7A6bE?si=3Bmk5HxIXKmArTSK ) provided pastors with advice regarding an unusual question: How should a pastor respond to an older couple who want to cohabitate and call it marriage?  In this scenario, the older couple is often incentivized by pension rules to forgo legally remarrying.  To keep the pension mone...

YouTuber Adam Robinson discussed Jesus's teaching on divorce and remarriage ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7bMesTO44A ).  In his presentation, Adam summarized Jesus's teaching in a way that gave the man more rights than the woman.  In doing so, Adam recognized that Jesus's exception clauses in Mat 5:32, 19:9 only provide the man the right to divorce and remarry in the exceptiona...

On the Room for Nuance podcast ( @RoomforNuance ), Sean DeMars interviewed scholar Dr. Wayne Grudem in May 2026 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1T2VD8TCo ).  During this interesting and wide ranging interview, Dr. Grudem discussed his change of mind on divorce and remarriage.  I respond to his comments in this episode. While I disagree with Dr. Grudem on this subject, I am grateful for his con...

The Churches of Christ inherited a culture of independent thinking from their Restorationist Movement roots.  That culture, along with their inherited opposition to denominationalism, creeds, and other instruments of constraint (and unity) causes them to read the Scriptures afresh.  That has resulted in a significantly more restrictive view on divorce and remarriage than evangelicalism's majo...