According to the Christian Post: "Physical abuse by one’s spouse is not a biblical reason for divorce," says a pastor at Saddleback Church in southern California. Tom Holladay, teaching pastor at the megachurch founded by best-selling author Rick Warren, says the Bible only gives two cases where divorce is acceptable: abandonment and a physical affair.“I wish there were a third in Scripture having been involved as a pastor with situations of abuse," Holladay said in an audio clip posted on Saddleback Church’s Web site. "There is something in me that wishes there were a Bible verse that says, 'If they abuse you in this-and-such kind of way, then you have a right to leave them.'"
Physical abuse, he defined, is someone “literally” beating another person up regularly...
Holliday does believe that couples involved with domestic abuse should separate; and find counseling.
You can read the whole article here.
So … what do you think? Is Domestic abuse grounds for a Biblical divorce? What’s your scripture?
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[from MMI Weblog by Todd Rhoades]
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