Divorce and Remarriage in the Church - by David Instone-Brewer (Paperback)

About the Book

Divorce and remarriage are major pastoral issues facing every church, yet Scripture provides conflicting messages about its teachings. Instone-Brewer shows how the New Testament provides faithful, realistic and wise guidance of crucial importance and practical help for the church today.

Book Synopsis

Will God allow me to divorce my abusive husband?Would it be a sin if I remarried?Divorce and remarriage are major pastoral issues facing every church. Yet when we turn to Scripture for guidance, we often hear conflicting messages about its teachings. David Instone-Brewer shows how, when properly understood, the New Testament provides faithful, realistic and wise guidance of crucial importance and practical help for the church today.

Review Quotes

"David Instone-Brewer knows the Scriptures, and the textual and cultural background to the Scriptures, as well as any biblical scholar in the world today. He combines this scholarship with a pastor's heart for people and a commitment to the church. Out of this powerful mix he has written an authoritative--perhaps the authoritative--treatment of divorce and remarriage in church life today. The crisp, breezy, accessible style of this book is a great strength. It is clearly written by a pastor for regular people. But underneath this accessibility is rock-solid scholarship. I think that Divorce and Remarriage in the Church will become an indispensable resource for both scholars and pastors in years to come, and has the promise of reforming church practices in thousands of congregations. I offer this book my highest endorsement."

--David P. Gushee, University Fellow Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy, Union University; author of Getting Marriage Right

About the Author

The Rev. Dr. David Instone-Brewer is a research fellow at Tyndale House, a research library in biblical studies located in Cambridge, England. He previously served as a Baptist minister. His previous publications include Techniques and Assumptions in Jewish Exegesis Before 70 C.E., Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible and Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament.