Jesus Teaches about Divorce - Jesus went away from the city of Capernaum. He came to the country of Judea and to the other side of the Jordan River.
Jesus’ Teaching about Divorce - Getting up, He left there (Capernaum) and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; and crowds gathered
In the 1st century,scribesandPhariseeswere two largely distinct groups, though presumably some scribes were Pharisees. Scribes had knowledge of the law and could draft legal documents (contracts for marriage, divorce, loans, inheritance, mortgages, the sale of land, and the like). Every village...
The pastor shared a gospel message. And as he closed his sermon he talked about how, when Carly was graduating from the 6thgrade, she wanted to give a gift to her teacher and so she wrote her a letter. In the letter, she said that the best gift she could give her was to tell her...
Consider the American mindset. As an American, I represent a people who rebelled and rejected the rule of a king (and there were good reasons for that). What my forefathers did was divorce themselves and declare independence from a king that they called “unfit to be the ruler of a free...
“The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth ofthe Incarnation.” ...
“one flesh,” not becoming one creature or person. Marriage is a union of flesh or bodies. Marriage is not identical to coitus, but coitus is constitutive of marriage.* When Jesus is questioned about divorce, he reminds his questioners about the nature of marriage as union of flesh, ...
2 And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 But Jesus ...
no woman should be punished for having a child. The morning after Valentine’s Day might include the “morning after” pill to stop gestation, or ‘freedom’ from one’s spouse by yet another divorce or a stranger in bed after a “hook-up”. What has become of love and marriage, or ...
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus answered ...