Editorial: The Christian Divorce Culture
We're not sending a strong enough signal that divorce is a sin.
A Christianity Today Editorial | posted 8/31/00 | posted 9/04/2000 12:00AM

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Marriage Savers
offers help to couples who are preparing for marriage, strengthening a marriage, or trying to save a failing marriage.Read more about the
1999 Barna study on Divorce
that found Christians more likely to divorce than non-Christians,
news coverage
of the study, and responses from
World
magazine and
Richard Land
.The full text of Colson's June 13 commentary on Stanley's decision not to resign his pastorate in the wake of his divorce is available at
Breakpoint
,
Beliefnet
,
World
,
WorthyNews
, and elsewhere.Other news coverage of Stanley's divorce is available from
World
,
Baptists Today
, the
Associated Press
and
Beliefnet
.Gary Burge answered
whether divorcees can remarry
in the October 4, 1999 issue of Christianity Today.The 1992 CT Institute on divorce and remarriage appears today at ChristianityToday.com The articles in that series include:CT Institute: Divorce and Remarriage
| An introduction to our 1992 series on what divorce means for families, churches, and our country.
A Marriage Counterculture
| In addressing divorce, the church must adopt the strategies of the missionary. By David Seamands
Sex, Marriage, and Divorce
| Results from a 1992 Christianity Today reader's survey. By Haddon Robinson
Divorce and Remarriage from Augustine to Zwingli
| How Christian understanding about marriage has changed—and stayed the same—through history. By Michael Gorman
Can One Become Two?
| What Scripture says about Christians and divorce. By H. Wayne House
Remarriage: Two Views
| Two New Testament professors debate whether remarriage is acceptable for Christians. By Craig Keener and William A. Heth
How Not to Fail Hurting Couples
| We need a kind of shock therapy to become alert to missed opportunities. By Thomas Needham
Becoming a Healing Community
| How the church can develop a climate of help to the hurting.
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