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Would Jesus want you to stay married to a psychopath?

July 27, 2018 by Randal

This morning, I tweeted the following survey: Clinical psychopaths are manipulative anti-social narcissists who are incapable of experiencing love or empathy. The condition is untreatable. If you came to believe your friend was married to a non-violent psychopath, would you support your friend divorcing that individual? — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) July 27, 2018 As of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical ethics, hermeneutics, Jesus, marriage, psychopathy, sexual ethics

Is marriage just for males and females?

May 5, 2018 by Randal

This afternoon, Michael Brown posted the following tweet promoting a short (6-minute) video addressing the topic “Can You Be Gay and Christian?” It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that males were designed for females and females for males. Our Creator knew exactly what He was doing. We illustrate it clearly here: https://t.co/aFa8LNL8nf — […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: gender binary, marriage, sexual ethics

Are Christians being hypocrites about marriage?

September 4, 2015 by Randal

In “Christians standing against gay marriage need to be consistent on divorce” I pointed out the tension with Christians impugning gay marriage as unbiblical whilst ignoring Jesus’ teaching on divorce and remarriage. To put this problem in perspective, I want to start by saying something further about the problem of divorce. In his book The Scandal […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divorce, ethics, marriage

Why John Piper shouldn’t work at a battered women’s shelter

October 22, 2012 by Randal

“What should a wife’s submission to her husband look like if he’s an abuser?” This question opens a three minute commentary from John Piper. Let’s consider his answer:   Okay, now it’s time for a debrief. Piper starts out with an obvious point. What kind of abuse are we talking about? As he says: “Is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: abuse, ethics, John Piper, marriage, submission

What makes for a good marriage?

May 3, 2012 by Randal

Chris Hallquist said: “Some relationships make the switch from monogamy to non-monogamy and are the better for it….” I replied: “According to what standard?” Chris replied: “???” Yes folks, he gave me a triple IS (incredulity score). That is serious. Chris continued: “Both people are happier about their marriage? Seriously, what kind of question is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Chris Hallquist, ethics, marriage, morality

Marriage, ethics and the new ascetics

September 21, 2011 by Randal

In this post I’m going to deal with a couple commentaries on my recent posts on the ethics of marriage and illness. Steve Hays of Triablogue The first is a brief response to Steve Hays of Triablogue. I feel obliged to respond to Hays, however briefly, because the poor fellow seems desperate for some attention. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, marriage, pvs, Steve Hayes, Steven's blog, Triablogue

Till death do we part? Ethical reflection on marital vows

September 18, 2011 by Randal

In my previous post I found myself in the surprising situation of defending Pat Robertson’s widely panned commentary on the morality of divorce in the case of advanced Alzheimer’s. I was not necessarily agreeing with Pat’s view, but I was certainly sympathetic to it.   Not everyone was in agreement. A couple people offered reasonable […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bioethics, divorce, ethics, marriage, pvs

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