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Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible: A Fresh Look at What Scripture Teaches
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Jay E. Adams
If the church is going to use the Bible to decide whether divorce is legitimate in certain cases and whether divorced couples have the right to remarry with the approval and blessing of God's people, then the Bible must be studied without prejudice toward a particular answer.The author examines the relevant passages in both the Old and New Testaments so that his readers ca...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
June 2nd 1986
by Zondervan
(first published 1980)
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Competent to Counsel was epoch making for kicking off the Biblical Counseling movement, and his manual on church discipline is very good. But otherwise I find his writings sometimes a tad narrow. And I think he seems to fail to see the irony in the ways his own Biblical readings are shaped by psychology (esp. Behavorialism). The contemporary CCEF authors are better, I think.
But this book on marriage is about the best short summary of the key texts and applications I've found. The on...more
But this book on marriage is about the best short summary of the key texts and applications I've found. The on...more
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This short book is a decent resource to help pastors think through marriage, divorce, and remarriage issues. However, there are some serious exegetical leaps in here, particularly in his exploration of I Corinthians 7. Basically, I was not convinced that the principles Adams uses to allow for remarriage are actually drawn from Scriptures written towards divorced people.
Great coverage of a very difficult and thorny problem in the Church, as well as in society. He takes a fairly middle-of-the-road approach, in my opinion. Pretty basic stuff.
I found this book thought provoking in several areas. I was disappointed however with some incomplete exegesis - had a bit of a rushed feel to it.
Good book, thorough exegesis, theologically grounded, practical application.
Very helpful. Good interaction with the Scripture and covers many modern situations.
Great. Really good. Also read in April of 1988.
The audience for the book is pastors, but anyone with knowledge of the Bible can understand it. Very detailed look at the topic of marriage in the Bible. Adams is a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary and was a pastor. His emphasis is the grace of God.
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Good book, examining a subject that is far too neglected theologically. I like Adams’ careful commitment to being scripturally-based in all of his conclusions, and he does some good exegetical work. It’s a bit dry at times, but not prohibitively so.
all of jay adams' works are biblically, psychologically, and scientifically inept, wrong-headed, filled with bad theology and scientific error; in short, they are terrible.
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