2009-10-08T15:10:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/divorce http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019:8-9&version=NIV 2009-10-08T15:10:12-05:00 Jesus says that anyone who divorces his wife for anything except being unfaithful commits adultery. This contrasted the typical custom of divorcing a woman over pettier circumstances. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2010:9&version=NIV 2009-09-27T14:24:47-05:00 Marriage and divorce are not to be taken lightly. This passage cautions us not to separate what God has brought together for His purposes. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/falling-down-but-not-staying-down-5879 2009-09-11T10:55:29-05:00 When you fall down, be as defiant about getting up and walking again as a baby is. When you belong to Jesus, there is no such thing as a knockout. When you belong to Jesus, failure is never final. Listen to God's words, "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise!" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-hammer-in-gods-hands-5800 2009-09-10T11:38:03-05:00 The hammer that hits us in our life can either break us or build us. If we'll turn to God when we're getting hit, looking for His purposes and His message, that hammer can build us into something we've never been before. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/banged-up-but-running-well-5781 2009-09-10T10:43:48-05:00 A car can be hit hard and it can be all banged up, but that doesn't have to affect its performance. It's the condition of the engine that counts. You can be hit hard and all banged up, but it doesn't have to affect your performance. It's the condition of your spirit that counts. And God stands ready to jump start your spirit each new day if you'll focus on your Lord and not on your load. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/stormy-weather-shutdowns-5702 2009-09-09T11:13:44-05:00 Jesus shows us something better, something higher - a more supernatural way to live, to draw on His grace, to keep giving out His love even when we feel battered, to keep giving out His encouragement, to keep delivering His word, to be all about others when I feel like being all about me; because I will find my life by giving it away. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%207:12-14&version=31 2009-07-22T16:37:25-05:00 In this passage Paul talks about his personal take on divorce and when to stay together. He mentions that if a believer is in a marriage with an unbeliever, as long as both parties are okay with the marriage they should stay together. The children are sanctified through the parent that is a believer. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.19.3-Matt.19.12&version=NIV 2009-07-16T09:39:48-05:00 Divorce is a painful process. In this passage the Pharisees ask Jesus his take on divorce and remarriage according to the law of Moses. Jesus readily admits that his teaching on the subject is quite difficult after the disciples say that it would better for people to not marry than subject themselves to Jesus' high standard. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/security-in-a-shaky-world-9192 2009-02-05T14:38:35-05:00 If you’d been in some of the youth groups I’ve led, you’d eventually end up doing the four cards thing. Yeah, this is no youth group I know. But I’m going to ask you to do it with me right now in your imagination—four index cards. I would ask those young people to write the four most import http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Anger/The-Longer-It-Waits-The-Harder-It-Gets 2008-11-19T14:49:45-05:00 Anger turns hard very quickly, and that gives the devil an opportunity to enter a marriage, a parent-child relationship, a friendship, or a church. At the core of every marriage break-up there has probably been an issue that was once a small one, but it was not dealt with immediately. At the core of a broken parent-child relationship, a hurting friendship, or a divided church, there are people who didn't clean up their anger when it first appeared, when it was still small and relatively soft, so it's led to a terrible outcome. The devil got his foot in the door.