Divorce Your Remarriage

Contrary to popular belief, the Catholic Church does *not* teach that all valid marriages are unable to be dissolved!  Canon lawyer Andrew Kong eloquently explains the three scenarios in which a marriage can be dissolved according to the teachings of the Catholic Church on the @TotusTuusApostolate podcast.  I express my disagreement where I find this teaching deviates from Scripture.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

The Catholic Church declares/determines tens of thousands of marriages are invalid each year in America.  What criteria do they use to issue these annulments? If so many marriages are invalid, how can a Catholic know they're married when they say "I do?"  I respond to Mark Gurtner's excellent presentation at the University of Saint Francis ( @usfuts404 ) of the Catholic Church's doctrine on annulments.  He is a professor at Notre Dame and a Vicar General in Indiana ( Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend @dioceseoffortwayne-southbe5636 ). He knows this area of Catholic teaching in theory, but he is also intimately familiar with the practice of declaring marriages null.  So much so, that he, in a moment of vulnerability, says it sometimes keeps him up at night.  While I respect the intellectual history and work that has gone into the Catholic teaching on marriage, in this episode, I express my disagreement where I find it deviates from Scripture.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Craig Keener is a well-known and accomplished evangelical scholar, author, and professor who has written and spoken on the New Testament's teaching on divorce and remarriage.  He defends a variation of the majority protestant view by finding exceptions for adultery and abandonment.  Dr. Keener goes further by asserting that Jesus spoke hyperbolically when calling remarriage adultery.  He concludes that every civil divorce actually ends a marriage. In an interview conducted by Kirk Miller of Logos Bible Software, Prof. Keener defends his view and I react to it based on my restrictive interpretation, providing viewers with different interpretive options to consider.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]#Divorce #Remarriage #divorceyourremarriage #Keener

Jesus references Gen 2:24's language about one flesh when he declares that God joins spouses in Matthew 19 and Mark 10.  But, does that mean sex is a necessary condition for marriage or that the unity of sex symbolizes the unity of marriage?Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

I explore the origin and history of the Eastern Orthodox before delving into their beliefs on divorce and remarriage.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

PLAYLIST (my reaction to Mike Winger's divorce views): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46V5S-armsupeMdSAC_b66aEyoKdVlvPMike Winger is a major Christian YouTuber. While I agree with most of his content, I disagree with his teaching on divorce and remarriage.  See how Mike defends the mainstream evangelical interpretation of the Bible's teaching on divorce and remarriage and compare that to my response.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Lutheran seminary professor Dr. Mayes agrees that adulterous remarriages ought to be divorced, but he limits it to certain narrow circumstances.  In this episode, I react to his comments and the comments of Lutheran pastors who raise unreasonable objections to even the hint that some small percentage of adulterous remarriage might have to be divorced.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

What if Jesus actually explained the divorce and remarriage "exception clause" and we have been missing it the whole time? I make the textual case that the second half of Matthew 5:32 is Jesus's explanation of "porneia" in the exception clause.  A surprising number of indicators point to this interpretation as the correct one.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Jesus calls remarriage adultery seven times in the New Testament.  In two of those declarations, Jesus includes a clause that is either an exception or an exclusion.  In this episode, I explain the difference between the exception interpretation and the exclusion interpretation.  Then, I explain why I think this clause is an exception.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

The Greek word porneia refers to illicit sexual conduct.  In the Jewish debate regarding remarriage, this term (and its Hebrew counterpart zanah) referred to invalid remarriages.  Jesus's exception clause, which employed the term porniea, used it in a technical sense to refer to an adulterous remarriage.  Therefore, Jesus taught divorce and remarriage is adultery unless a man married a divorced woman, divorced her, and then he remarried (as his first marriage to the divorcee was an invalid marriage).Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

I respond to five more objections I received from a Christian college professor regarding my view that adulterous remarriages ought to be divorced.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

I respond to five objections I received from a Christian college professor regarding my view that adulterous remarriages ought to be divorced.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

I respond to three objections I received from a Christian college professor regarding my view on the divorce and remarriage exception clause.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, but not anymore.  Polygamous marriages must be divorced. In a similar way, adulterous remarriages must be divorced.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

No, Jesus didn't just object to a lack of paperwork.  He prohibited divorce and remarriage, with or without documentation.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

I compare my view to four evangelical views on divorce and remarriage contained in a book from InterVarsity Press that PhD students read as part of their coursework.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Should we understand the New Testament as teaching us about love, justice, living a good life, doing the most good, or as a competition of kingdoms?  I explore this question in this episode.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Jesus calls divorce and remarriage adultery.  However, Jesus says there's an exception to this rule.  In this episode, I do a word study to reveal the meaning of the exception clause.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Andrew Wilson debated Patrick (among others) on Christian Nationalism on Modern Day Debate.  Divorce and remarriage came up.  I was mentioned in this video and now I am reacting to that debate.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected] Wilson: https://www.youtube.com/@The_CruciblePatrick: https://www.youtube.com/@ReExaminationShowModern Day Debate: https://www.youtube.com/@ModernDayDebateFull debate is here: https://youtu.be/urxAjGz8Mq0?si=MNhbiBOv-GHmJFhn

We can understand Jesus' teaching by understanding how His words were tailored for His audience at the time, i.e. the Pharisees.  By reading what the Pharisees believed in the Talmud, we can understand how Jesus' words would have been understood at the time.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected] References:https://www.sefaria.org/Yevamot.87b.9?lang=bihttps://www.sefaria.org/Yevamot.88b.16?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.90a.13?lang=bihttps://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Gittin.8.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Gittin.8.5?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.5b.16?lang=en&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.5b.19?lang=en&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.81b.10?lang=en&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.23b.10?lang=en&with=all&lang2=enhttps://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Yevamot.2.8?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

If a person "repents" of an adulterous remarriage, but still continues it, is the person still in adultery?  In this episode I outline Jesus' teaching on remarriage, discuss different notions of repentance as they apply to remarriage, and respond to questions, such as "Is remarriage the unforgivable sin?"Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Trump has been thrice married.  Is he currently in a continual state of adultery?  How should his multiple marriages impact how evangelicals vote?Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

This is the nineth episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I respond to the question, is God divorced?  This question arises out of Jeremiah 3 where the prophet in verse 8 teaches us that God "divorced" unsaved people who were affiliated with God, but were not converted.  This text is employed by believers with a permissive view on divorce and remarriage to defend their lenient views.  However, in this episode I show that, once we get beyond the headline "God is divorced" and we get into the details of the actual text, Jeremiah 3 supports a strict anti-divorce and anti-remarriage interpretation.  For example, God through Jeremiah tells the 'remarried' divorcee (the Northern Kingdom) to divorce her remarriage and be married to God.  That matches the New Testament teaching that adulterous remarriages ought to be divorced.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

This is the eighth episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I answer the question, is it biblically permissible to divorce for safety?Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

This is the seventh episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I discuss the application of the Bible to specific marriage, divorce, and remarriage scenarios. Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

This is the sixth episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I tackle 1 Corinthians 7.  Paul contradicts the Corinthian theory that celibacy is required.  He says that it is sin, not sex, that is to be avoided and therefore, sex within marriage is permissible. To avoid sin, marriage is a necessary institution since not everyone has the gift of celibacy.  He writes to widows and widowers in verses 8-9, to the married in verses 10-24, to the betrothed in 25-38, and he summarizes the rule in verses 39-40 that a wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives.  The text outside the passage to the married (verses 10-24) are unable to provide permission to divorce or remarry since verses 1-9 and 25-40 are not speaking to the married.  Within the text to the married (verses 10-24), I show why “to the rest” in verse 12 does not narrow Jesus’ teaching to believer-believer marriages and why “not enslaved” in verse 15 does not mean “not married”, but rather means “not encumbered from serving God” as Paul’s analogy to slavery illuminates in verse 21.  However, I share my interpretation that spousal abuse is analogous to an unbeliever departing and, due to Paul’s use of the phrase “in such cases”, verse 15 allows the use of the least separating means possible to escape unsafe marriage environments.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

This is the fifth episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I cover Romans 7:1-6.  I show that, contrary to mainstream conservative evangelical thought, this passage teaches about divorce and remarriage, despite its main message about the law.  In this text, Paul articulates a concept understood by the church at Rome.  Remarriage while the first spouse is alive is a continual state of adultery regardless of legal divorce.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriage Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327 Email: [email protected]

This is the fourth episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I cover the exception clause as found in Matthew 5:32 and Matthew 19:9.  First, the exception clause is an exception, not a setting aside of the question, not a mistranslation that should say “not even for fornication”, and not a mere description of “when” someone became an adulterer or adulteress.  Second, when the condition for the exception clause is met, it permits divorce and remarriage, not just divorce.  Third, it’s not for fornication during betrothal nor does it refer to incest, since those concepts are not in the passages and therefore, Jesus’ audience would have no way of knowing that’s what He intended.  Fourth, in the two passages with the exception clause, the man divorces his wife.  The exception clause does not envision the man gaining the moral right to divorce and remarry because he cheated on his wife.  That makes no moral sense.  Fifth, the exception clause is not for the wife cheating on the husband (innocent party to adultery view).  While that is the most popular interpretation, it fails since it permits divorce for adultery but not for worse conduct, it allows an impossibility where the innocent party is no longer married after the divorce yet the guilty party is still married after divorce (therefore the guilty party’s remarriage is adultery), it would only let the husband divorce and remarry if the wife cheated but it wouldn’t let the wife divorce and remarry for the husband cheating since Jesus never flips the genders with the exception clause and Jesus’ audience around 30 AD would assume the genders are not to be flipped, and most of all, Matthew 19:7-8 specifically rejects divorce and remarriage for adultery.  What does the exception clause mean?  The exception clause imagines a man marrying a divorced woman.  Jesus clarifies this in the second moral formulation in Matthew 5:32.  Their marriage is “porneia” since it is a type of adultery, i.e. an adulterous remarriage.  Therefore, the exception clause permits a man or a woman to divorce and remarry if their first marriage was an adulterous remarriage due to their first spouse having been previously married.  This is based on the premise that an invalid marriage, once it has been divorced/annulled, does not limit a person’s future marriage options.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/ Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriage Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327 Email: [email protected]

This is the third episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I cover the passages in the gospels that provide Jesus’ teaching on divorce and remarriage: Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:3-12, Mark 10:2-12, and Luke 16:18.  However, I leave the exception clause, Romans 7, and I Corinthians 7 for future episodes.  This episode includes discussion about Deuteronomy 24, the Talmud, the rabbis Hillel and Shammai, and the Essenes view as written in the Damascus Document.  I identify and resolve the tension between the teaching of Jesus and Moses on this subject.  The debate in Matthew 19 is not between the Hillel and Shammai views, but rather between the Hillel and Essene views.  Jesus rejects the Hillel framing that centers on Deuteronomy 24 and instead approves the Essene view that Genesis is the key text on this subject.  Therefore, the divorce and remarriage moral formulations Jesus taught should be understood as absolutist exceptionless conclusions based on Genesis, not a restatement of Deuteronomy 24:1.  Naturally, this brings up a great question for the next episode: If Jesus’ taught against any exceptions, what does the exception clause mean?Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

This is the second episode in a series that overviews the content of my book Divorce Your Remarriage. I am Chris Iverson and in this episode I discuss the 4 theories of marriage: contract, covenant, family, and sacramental (actually sacramental and natural).  I disagree with the mainstream conservative evangelical theory that the nature of a marriage is a covenant.  If the nature of marriage was a covenant, then two would remain two.  However, since two are made one, the nature of marriage must not be covenantal.  I defend the position that, while marriage is entered through a covenant agreement, the nature of marriage is family.  Since marriage is family, marriage is undivorceable.  Just as one cannot “un-sibling” their brother or sister, so one cannot “un-spouse” (divorce), their husband or wife.  While a government recognized divorce can be secured so that the government, society, etc. believes the marriage to be dissolved, God does not view the marriage as dissolved.  The spouses are still married in God’s sight even after the divorce.  This is why a remarriage is adultery (while the first valid spouse is alive).Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

I am author Chris Iverson and in this episode I start a series that will provide an overview of the content in my book: Divorce Your Remarriage. I share the reason why a ministry’s divorce and remarriage interpretation is a primary issue (not a secondary issue).  I cover some marriage 101 from the Bible.  Finally, I discuss the critical distinction between moral permissibility and validity that is necessary to have an intelligent understanding and discussion of this issue.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]

Welcome! I am author Chris Iverson and in this inaugural episode, I introduce my divorce and remarriage interpretation, my book Divorce Your Remarriage, my journey to this interpretation, and my commentary on the dialog within conservative evangelicalism about it, including how students and pastors deserve a more robust alternative to the mainstream modern interpretations of the biblical texts.Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH9YRS7N/Donate: https://www.patreon.com/c/divorceyourremarriage/Insta: https://www.instagram.com/divorceyourremarriage/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DivorceYourRemarriageRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7751594Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578367894327Email: [email protected]:00:00 Purpose of DYR podcast and book03:16 Interpretation of divorce and remarriage scriptures06:18 My journey to this interpretation14:51 D&R is an important topic16:35 Objective of DYR podcast and book17:58 Importance of charitable disagreement19:42 Evangelicalism serves communion to polygamists21:46 Overblown fear in evangelicalism23:08 Conclusion