tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post3425833217570905687..comments2012-02-01T21:14:41.232-07:00Comments on Trying to make orthodoxy orthopraxy...Help me God!: Using Your Gray Matter To Understand Scriptures Gray AreasHis Name Extoledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06167793794468295853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-64834573271965582912010-09-18T16:28:19.444-06:002010-09-18T16:28:19.444-06:00My thinking is this.
First, repentant or otherwis...My thinking is this.<br /><br />First, repentant or otherwise, dude needs to go to prison for a good long time. So once the civil authorities have done their job, the woman's life is safe again. That's where things need to start.<br /><br />Second, I think that the Church needs to be involved in the question of divorce. Specifically, I think the pastor and elders need to be involved in Ryan J. Stoddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12815740721117381609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-86341109041825867162010-09-18T08:42:09.106-06:002010-09-18T08:42:09.106-06:00I don't think it's such a stretch to say t...I don't think it's such a stretch to say that attempted murder indicates abandonment (a 'breach of contract,' as it were).<br /><br />And yep, I'm all for thinking. "Situational ethics" gets a bad rap, and often rightly so, but life is actually pretty full of these grey areas that need to be addressed with humility, compassion, and thoughtfulness.zaoelpishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598406720774449452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-16719076198676966662010-09-17T11:15:34.313-06:002010-09-17T11:15:34.313-06:00Very interesting and well thought out. When you fi...Very interesting and well thought out. When you first gave me your answer I was pleasantly surprised at how Biblical and loving it was for the poor woman that might ever marry a man that would want her dead. Our world is full of gray areas and I think discernment and prayer and thinking critically are the best tools to deal with such things.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720862483026149277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994320855583703173.post-3060137278329194592010-09-17T09:30:43.370-06:002010-09-17T09:30:43.370-06:00A thoughtful and though-provoking post. I could s...A thoughtful and though-provoking post. I could see the question at hand becoming more complicated in various ways (if, for example, the murderous "Christian" husband were to come back the next day and say "I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me! I love you, won't you forgive me?"), but I think your method would still hold true, using biblical principles Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471754020733542234noreply@blogger.com