Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 26th (Zechariah 6 & Matthew 19:1-15)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Divorce Is an Accommodation to Human Sinfulness
The old testament law provides us with a number of conditions in which divorce is treated as permissible. Accommodation to the reality of human sinfulness and weakness really is necessary for good law. Divorce is an act of very grave moral weight, a purposeful act that ends a marriage. The one who initiates it should not be treated as if they bore the entire weight of the blame for the failed marriage. We can't abstract the specific action of divorce from the broader failures of permanent, exclusive union that might have precipitated it.
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