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Tag Archives: remarriage
Transforming Grace Top 10 posts for 2013
Each July for the past five years I have posted a top 10 list of what people had been reading on Transforming Grace. I missed it this July, being busy, tired and distracted by other things. So to end the … Continue reading
Posted in Other matters
Tagged Christian leadership, divorce, Ebenezer Erskine, Jim Packer, Pure Heart, remarriage, transforming grace
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Transforming Grace Top 10 (2011-12)
I’ve been blogging for over four years now, though I’ve been off blogging for the last couple of months. I’ve stopped because I’ve got lots on my plate, with little time to think theological thoughts, which is probably not a … Continue reading
Posted in Means of Grace
Tagged C.J. Mahaney, Christian personality, faith and works, Holy Trinity West Bromwich, Homogenous church, John Frame, Neil Robbie, Olaudah Equiano, parachute, personality types, Pure Heart, remarriage, Thomas Watson, Tim Sisemore, Top 10, transforming grace
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Transforming Grace Top 10 (2009-10)
For the past two years I’ve posted the top 10 posts of the year then taken a summer holiday. Like last year I’m going back to the CPAS youth summer camp at Edgehill school in Devon then having a rest. … Continue reading
Don Carson on marriage and the civil/ceremonial distinction
I’ve blogged in the past on how I’d remarry Christian divorcees who seek to glorify God in their marriage. To make it absolutely clear to everyone involved, I separate the civil and ceremonial aspects of marriage. By marrying at the … Continue reading
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Tagged church wedding, cohabitation, divorce, Don Carson, marriage, remarriage
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Does Christian remarriage effect eternal salvation?
Last year I wrote a post showing why becoming a believer and follower of Jesus Christ frees people to remarry without being adulterous. That post led to a natural question; can a believing Christian who was born again before her … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, Christian divorce, Christian remarriage, divorce, lust, remarriage
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Jesus, divorce and remarriage.
In my last two posts I have set out the way someone who is divorced might “remarry” (make Christian promises to another believing Christian) at Holy Trinity. In this post I’ll set out the teaching of Jesus from Mark’s gospel … Continue reading
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Tagged bible and divorce, church and divorce, divorce, divorcee, Jesus, jesus and divorce, marriage after divorce, remarriage
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