When a major publication such as Christianity Today is willing to claim the Bible makes an "Unequivocal 'No'" statement regarding domestic violence and abuse, we can see that God is working. God who loves his daughters, who refers to his people in feminine terms, will bring justice. Awareness is a first step. Condemnation is a close second, and far superior to the silence that communicates consent.
You must subscribe to CT in order to read the entire article, but if you do, read, share, promote this in your churches. Church leaders are being called to address and no longer avoid the issue. God will rise up and act on behalf of his beloved.
The Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? . . . "For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her," says the Lord, the God of Israel, "covers his garment with violence." -- Malachi 2, excerpt
The Bible's Unequivocal No to Domestic Violence: Christianity Today
You must subscribe to CT in order to read the entire article, but if you do, read, share, promote this in your churches. Church leaders are being called to address and no longer avoid the issue. God will rise up and act on behalf of his beloved.
The Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? . . . "For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her," says the Lord, the God of Israel, "covers his garment with violence." -- Malachi 2, excerpt
The Bible's Unequivocal No to Domestic Violence: Christianity Today
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