Dr. Benjamin Mayes | What Does Christianity Actually Teach About Marriage and Divorce?
About this episode
Dr. Benjamin Mayes discusses the teachings of Christianity regarding marriage and divorce, emphasizing the importance of clarity in pastoral care.
Join us at the long table as we sit down with Dr. Benjamin Mayes to talk about divorce, remarriage, and the difficult work of pastoral discernment. Dr. Mayes explains what Scripture, the Lutheran Confessions, and the old Lutheran pastoral tradition teach about the grounds for divorce, the difference between abandonment and ordinary marital hardship, the need for repentance and forgiveness, and why pastors and congregations must handle these cases with clarity rather than vague sympathy or avo...
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