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....
Christians and Divorce
Divorce and the Good Samaritan Story
If you're new to my blog, read this first. I started leading Christian divorce recovery groups in Evangelical churches in 1998. I write about "life-saving divorces," those...
Southern Baptists make Evangelicalism Unsafe for Abused Wives & Husbands
Abused and Betrayed Christian Divorcees are Leaving the Church Today, I'm going after the Southern Baptists who in 2010 made the lives of abused wives and abused husbands just a...
Divorce vs. Legal Separation for Abuse Victims: What Christians Need to Know
Divorce vs. Legal Separation: What Abuse Survivors Should Know Divorce vs. Legal Separation Many churches feel that legal separation is a good solution for an abused wife or...
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10 Facts Evangelical Pastors MUST Know about Kids and Divorce [VIDEO]
10 facts in just 3 minutes! It summarizes the best studies on kids and divorce. Each slide includes the source and the citation. For more studies about children and...
Excommunication for Getting Divorced?
Churches that Excommunicate for DivorceAnd How to Protect Yourself and Your Children About Me: If you're new to my blog, read this first. I started leading Christian divorce...
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10 Highlights of “The Life-Saving Divorce” book [VIDEO with Transcript]
10 Highlights from the Life-Saving Divorce Book I'm sure you're busy and you don't have time to read an entire 446-page book. So I've done a 15-minute video of highlights for...
Marriage Is a Conditional Covenant (Not an Unbreakable Promise)
Marriage Is a Conditional Covenant (Not an Unbreakable Promise) Biblically, marriage is a conditional covenant—not an unconditional one. Marriage includes mutual vows, and...
Good News for Millennials with Divorced Parents
AUDIO PODCAST: Good News for Millennials. Just because your Boomer parents divorced, doesn't mean you will. Good News for Divorced Boomers: Just because you divorced, doesn't...
Am I the One Destroying the Relationship? Or Is This Abuse?
Am I the One Destroying the Relationship? Why Victims of Abuse Often Blame Themselves For a short audio summary in multiple languages, listen here: Many people trapped in...
Remarriage after Divorce: How Can I Claim to be the Innocent Spouse? I Had My Faults Too!
Recently in my private Facebook group, we were talking about the Bible allowing remarriage for the innocent spouse after a valid divorce. After all, God doesn't hold you...
I Thought It Was God’s Will To Marry This Person—Why Is This Marriage Unsafe?
When a God-Ordained Marriage Becomes Unsafe I thought it was God’s will for us to marry. I prayed earnestly. I asked for God’s guidance. I sought counsel from trusted...
Memes: If You Got a Life-Saving Divorce, You have Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
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But He Never Hit Me: Divorce for Neglect, Emotional, and Financial Abuse
He Never Hit Me: Annette’s Story of Emotional Abuse, Neglect, and Finding Freedom As a Christian lay divorce recovery leader for the past 25 years, it's been my privilege to hear...
Do Evangelicals Shoot Their Own Wounded Divorcees?
Do Evangelicals Shoot Their Own Wounded Divorcees? I’ll never forget sitting in church listening to my beloved pastor preach on marriage. I’d been in church since birth, and in...
John Piper on Divorce: Does Divorce Destroy the Image of Christ and the Church?
Will Your Divorce Destroy the Image of Christ and the Church? John Piper’s Counsel to Christians Whose Friends Are Divorcing In a widely circulated “Ask Pastor John” video...
Table of Contents for The Life-Saving Divorce Book
Help! I’m Married to a Cheater! To Stay or to Go?
What does a Christian do when adultery is discovered? We were taught to value the sanctity of marriage. We learned that marriage was for life, and that God can save any marriage....
Myth 18: Divorce is the Unpardonable Sin and “God Hates Divorce”
Overview: This is Myth 18 of 27 Myths about divorce that aren't likely to be true of committed Christians who love God and take their faith seriously. These messages make us...
Life-Saving Divorce Podcasts & Interviews in the Media
Gretchen's Interviews on Life-Saving Divorces (In addition to the interviews below, see Gretchen's You Tube Channel with more than 50 videos. Buy the book, The Life-Saving...
Pastors Who Accept Physical and Emotional Abuse as Grounds for Divorce
The tide is turning. In 2015, nearly 3 in 4 Protestant pastors surveyed by LifeWay Research reported they did not view divorce for physical abuse as a sin, according to this...