![]() If you are not married, then you cannot get divorced. Honestly, this argument is far from coherent. He makes the argument that Jesus was thinking of his parents in their situation prior to his birth as he said this and was encouraging people to marry not letting past sexual sin (i.e. Piper goes on to dismiss the exception clauses for divorce in Mathew 5:32 and Mathew 19:9 as not referring to adultery but rather fornication as the word Jesus uses (original is “porneia”) may have that meaning. I wrote on this distortion in an early blog post entitled “Divorce is not sin.” and again in conversation with another pastor (link here). Divorce did not make the explicit prohibitive list of the Ten Commandments! Adultery did. This is not the heart of God on the matter as consistently demonstrated throughout Scripture. That’s my radical, crazy, conservative, narrow, hard-nosed, very needed view in our divorce-happy culture.Īs I hear/read his position, Piper seems to take divorce and remarriage as more egregious sins than adultery. I don’t think the Bible allows divorce and remarriage ever while the spouse is living. ![]() They are dangerously damaging teachings and thereby need addressing pastorally.ĭoes the Bible allow for divorce in the case of adultery? And finally, his teaching on this matter fall into several of the classical pastoral errors on the matter of adultery and divorce. Second, his very public position and arguments on these matters have a major impact on evangelical Christianity and are thereby worth addressing. First, the post by John Piper pertains directly to the focus of this blog–namely, adultery and divorce. I choose to write a response to Piper’s blog post and audio file entitled, “Does the Bible Allow for Divorce In the Case of Adultery?” for several reasons. ![]() In fact, I hope my words will be found edifying for all who read them. I am not interested in calling John Piper’s character in question. So, I want to be clear about my purpose behind writing this piece. He strikes me as a man who is sincere about his convictions and his desire to honor Scripture. ![]() Having heard him preach myself years ago, I would say that he is a very gifted communicator, and I do not doubt his passion for Christ. Pastor John Piper is a major figure in Reformed, Evangelical Christianity in the United States. ![]()
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