Clarifying What God Says About Divorce in Scripture with Gretchen Baskerville

About this episode

The episode discusses the misuse of scripture regarding divorce and features insights from Gretchen Baskerville, author of Life-Saving Divorce.

Today on ND Couples Coaches' Corner, Dr. Stephanie and Barbara Grant continue the series on the month-long series examining how Scripture is sometimes misused by spiritual authorities—such as clergy, small-group leaders, biblical counselors, and Christian counselors—in ways that shame or further harm those who are already experiencing abuse in their marriages. In this special series, Twisted Scripture: When the Bible Is Weaponized, we take a careful and thoughtful look at passages that are frequently used in ways that silence the vulnerable or pressure victims to remain in harmful situations. Today's Guest: Author of Life-Saving Divorce, Gretchen Baskerville Some of today's verses included Malachi 2:16 and passages in Mark 10 and Matthew 19 about divorce. Short bio Gretchen Baskerville is a Christian divorce recovery leader and author. She began leading support groups for single mothers in conservative churches in the Los Angeles area in 1998 and now focuses primarily on reaching people online. For more than 25 years, Gretchen has helped women and men of faith find strength, courage, and healing through the challenges of life-saving divorce. She listens with empathy to those…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Stephanie Holmes, Barbara Grant

Guest: Gretchen Baskerville

Topics covered

• divorce
• scripture interpretation
• abuse in marriage
• Christian counseling
• spiritual authority
• domestic violence
• healing after divorce

Keywords

• divorce
• scripture
• abuse
• Christian counseling
• healing
• Gretchen Baskerville
• spiritual authority

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Life-Saving Divorce

Places: Los Angeles, Malachi, Mark, Matthew

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