By Steve Wallace For many years now there has been controversy over marriage, divorce and remarriage among those in the Lord’s church. Many debates, discussions, and studies have taken place over such propositions as, “The guilty party in a divorce may remarry,” “Alien sinners are not under God’s marriage laws,” and “The word ‘adultery’ refers …
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By Kenneth D. Sils During the second week of December in 1997, Clinton Douglas of South Bend, Indiana and I had the blessed opportunity to preach the gospel on the island of Jamaica in the Caribbean Sea. Brother Douglas has preached the gospel in Jamaica a few times and asked me if I would like …
By Floyd D. Chappelear There seems to be a great deal of controversy over the problem of marriage, divorce (for a cause other than fornication . . . Matt. 19:9), remarriage and subsequently obeying the gospel of Christ. Some persons argue that the person in such a position must leave his/her latest spouse in order …
A ruling by the Massachusetts State Supreme Judicial Court in December has let stand a lower court ruling which allows the state to decide whether or not a parent’s Christian faith might be harmful to the emotional and mental health of his/her own children. In the case of Kendall vs. Kendall, differences over religion led …
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