Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage

By Dr. Dan Funkhouser

Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage is a book that will help those who have been wounded through a divorce. They will see that God has a plan for their lives and can heal all the hurts. Through many years, I have ministered to many people that have come to me to seek out the truth about divorce and remarriage. It is not my intention to ever advocate divorce. I hope to establish some boundaries that the reader can understand if they have gone through divorce.

We will discover together that the divorced person that remarries is not living in sin. I am convinced by the Word of God that they can repent, be forgiven, and begin their lives anew based on the unchangeable grace of God.

As we search out the scriptures provided in this book, it will free the person to move on with God and begin again, without living in condemnation but knowing that you are loved by the Father.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Dan Funkhouser
• Release date: Dec 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393568957

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MARRIAGE,

DIVORCE, &

REMARRIAGE

By

Dr. Dan Funkhouser

License Notes

Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage

Authors:  Dr. Dan Funkhouser

ISBN: 9781670449115

1. Self-Help.  2. Marriage.  3. Relationships.  4.  Divorce.  5.  Remarriage.

This book is based on actual people and events. 

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First printing December, 2019

Published in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter  1 – Happily Married Since 1969

Chapter  2 – Reasons for Failed Marriages

Chapter  3 – The Flesh, Our Enemy 

Chapter  4 – Strongholds Versus Casting Down Our

Imaginations

Chapter  5 – Our Five Senses

Chapter  6 – Desensitizing the Flesh 

Chapter  7 - Adultery in Marriage

Chapter  8 – The Institution of Marriage

Chapter  9 – The Old Testament Law of Moses 

Chapter 10 – The Law of Moses

Chapter 11 – God Forgives Israel

Chapter 12 – Don’t Deal Treacherously with Your Wife

Chapter 13 – God Hates Divorce but Loves

Divorced People 

Chapter 14 – 3 Things the Pharisees Taught

Chapter 15 – Difference Between Love and Like  

Chapter 16 – Jesus Confronts Samaritan Women 

Chapter 17 – Divorce Affects the Children

Chapter 18 – Writing of Divorcement 

Chapter 19 – Intimacy in Marriage

Chapter 20 – The Unmarried and Widows

Chapter 21 – The Believing Spouse Can Sanctify

the Unbeliever

Chapter 22 – Now Concerning Virgins

Chapter 23 – Agape Love in Marriage

Chapter 24 – The Effects of One Man’s Divorce

About the Author

Prologue

My purpose in writing this book is to help those who were in a marriage relationship, but because of various situations, have ended up in a divorce. In my years of ministering to people, many have come to me to seek out truths about divorce and remarriage. They were afraid that if they did get remarried, they would be living in sin. We will be examining this very controversial subject that causes a lot of questions for many concerned individuals.

My intention is to always rightly divide the Word of God but sometimes it is incredibly challenging.   I am going to encourage you to go through the Scriptures with me as we dissect the truth about this subject.  If there is something that you do not feel is Biblically correct, continue to seek out the truth though the Word of God. You do not have to agree with me, but with the Word of God.

Many of mankind’s attempts to find happiness in this broken world seem to end up in disaster.  The more we attempt to find it, the unhappier we become.  In this dark world, it often seems that we receive no real instructions on how to live in it.  The harder we try, the more broken and addicted to the world’s ways we become.  When we are without God, we truly have no place to look.  In John 10:10 Jesus gave us a clue. He said, "The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:  I am come that they might have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

We are living in what the Bible calls the Last Days. This age is a time of darkness filled with mankind lost in a mire of ignorance.  Many of us have gone through life with little or no understanding of the reality of Father God, nor the importance of the Word of God.  We have all strayed down our own roads of despair and unhappiness and have tried to find happiness in the ways of a lost world. 

When we don’t know the ways of God, we live life based upon our own worldly desires and ideas.  As a result, we have no concept of the real purpose of marriage, nor of our hearts being