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MYTH: God forbids all divorce, or all divorce is sin unless it's for adultery. TRUTH: Scripture shows that God gives permission for divorce in many situations, including sexual immorality, abuse, and abandonment or neglect. (See verses below.) In my interviews with...
Critique: Hope Restored Marriage Intensives Are Not the "Miracle" Abused Wives Seek If you are new, read this first: This is Part 1 of a series on Hope Restored Marriage Intensives. Click here for Part 2 on children. Click here for my survey on 5 major Christian...
There's meme going around in social media that appears to be a verse from the Bible, but it is not. It is a note in a study Bible placed just above a Bible verse. (And it's got an interesting history.) It contains this quote: "The Devil will exaggerate your mate's...
Bible Verses That Support Leaving Destructive People Have Nothing to Do with Them: Abuse and Boundaries in Scripture We were taught to love, love, love. And forgive, forgive, forgive. But many Christians were never shown the other side of Scripture—the many passages...
Abuse, Abandonment, and Adultery Are Biblical Grounds for Divorce MYTH: God Forbids All Divorce Except for Adultery TRUTH: Scripture permits divorce in more than one situation. Yes. The Bible condones divorce for more than one reason. The clearest biblical grounds...
Marriage Is a Conditional Covenant (Not an Unbreakable Promise) Biblically, marriage is a conditional covenant—not an unconditional one. Marriage includes mutual vows, and persistent covenant-breaking through adultery, abuse, abandonment, or severe neglect violates...
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Gretchen Baskerville was interviewed for this article published by The Christian Post. It discusses the secret online groups that provide encouragement and understanding for women and men of faith who need a life-saving divorce. Tens of thousands of committed...
THIS WAS THE #1 DOWNLOADED EPISODE OF 2022 FOR THE UNTANGLE FAITH PODCAST: Host Amy Fritz and I talk about Bible verses about divorce (including 2 in the Old Testament that command divorce). We talk about Weekend to Remember, Christian authors, and Focus on the Family...
NEW PODCAST: Leslie Vernick interviewed me, Gretchen Baskerville, on the "Relationship Truth" podcast. Leslie Vernick - Enriching Relationships That Matter Most Vernick says, "Gretchen Baskerville was the ultimate good Christian girl. She followed all the "rules" so...
John Piper on Wife Abuse: Did He Retract His “Smacked One Night” Advice? A firestorm broke out when John Piper's video mentioning a wife "being smacked one night" was released. Many people have heard John Piper’s notorious advice that an abused wife might endure...
Photo note: These are the two photographs published together in John Piper’s own article, “For Noël on Our 39th Anniversary.” Piper introduces them with the words, “As you can see from the pictures, some things change.” This Momentary Marriage: When Merely “Staying...
Are Christian Donors Funding a System That Keeps Abuse Victims Married? Focus on the Family receives desperate calls about abuse every week. What happens next? Most Christians who give to Focus on the Family have good intentions. They love healthy marriage. They love...
Why Does My Husband Stay Married If He’s Always Criticizing Me? From time to time, confused wives say something like this to me: “He says I’m selfish, lazy, disrespectful, overweight, and a loser. He criticizes how I parent, how I spend money, how I dress, and even...
Book Review: Lies Girls Believe Lies Girls Believe by Dannah Gresh (part of the Lies Women Believe series by Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth) contains some genuinely helpful Christian ideas—God loves you, sin matters, feelings are not infallible, and friendship can be...
You Were Sent Here Because You’re Quoting Linda Waite’s First Book. Twenty-Five Years Later, Her Own Research Has Changed the Story. Linda Waite is still pro-marriage. But her later work is far less confident that marriage automatically makes people happier,...
Gary Chapman Once Told a Better Version of His Marriage Story. Why Did He Stop? For decades, Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, has been treated as one of the most trusted Christian marriage teachers in America. His books, broadcasts, and interviews...
3 Ways the Trad Wife Ideal Can Make Women Vulnerable to Abuse I understand why the “trad wife” ideal appeals to many Christians, because it appealed to me for most of my life. My faith was sincere and genuine. I was raised by Christian parents who were married for 65...
I’m Having Second Thoughts About Filing for Divorce Yes. It is completely normal to have second thoughts while moving toward divorce—and to keep having doubts for months after you file. In fact, your doubts may reflect how seriously you take marriage, your children,...