The Lord Jesus Christ significantly tightened the rules concerning divorce from Deuteronomy 24:1-4, granting permission only when some form of sexual immorality has taken place.
The Greek word found in Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 is the word, porneia, from which we get the word pornography. It is the broadest of all Greek words for sexual sin and includes any and all sexual acts that are not between a man and woman who are married to each other.
If we want to understand biblical divorce, we must first understand the nature of marriage as a divine institution. For further amplification about marriage and divorce, you may want to listen to the three part Sermonaudio series: SID=112204175625 SID=112204181854 SID=112204182855
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
