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    Divorce and Other Touchy Subjects
    Divorce and Other Touchy Subjects
    Divorce and Other Touchy Subjects
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    Divorce and Other Touchy Subjects

    By Dr. Martin G Tharp PhD

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    There is nothing that can match divorce for the detrimental effects it has on children, relatives, and friends. In many cases, it causes confusion, resentment, hatred, and hardships of every sort. Does that mean those who have been caught in that dilemma can no longer be functioning members of the Church? I think not! It's time for the church to stop killing it's wounded and start binding them.

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    PublisherDr. Martin G Tharp PhD
    Release dateSep 2, 2014
    ISBN9781311555199
    Divorce and Other Touchy Subjects
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    Dr. Martin G Tharp PhD

    Dr. Martin Tharp has been an avid student of the Bible for many years and holds a Bachelor, Master and eight Doctorates, one honorary and seven earned, including a Doctor. of Literature and two PhDs. He has been in full time ministry for over fifty-seven years and has authored forty-nine books to date, many of which are being used as curriculum in Bible colleges around the United States and abroad. He has also penned a number of gospel songs and recorded thirty-three albums as well as being actively involved in a school ministry to Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom for the past thirty-eight years, and Dr. Tharp has been honored twice by members of parliament in Ireland for their work in the Protestant and Catholic schools. He and his wife, Sharon, along with Maranda Howells, travel extensively across the USA and the whole of the British Isles holding evangelistic crusades in the churches of both countries.

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      Divorce and Other Touchy Subjects - Dr. Martin G Tharp PhD

      Divorce: And Other Touchy Subjects?

      Does a divorce mean the end of my spiritual life?

      After a divorce, can I still be a Christian?

      Must I answer for the sins of my ancestors?

      Are There Generational Curses?

      By Martin G. Tharp, Ph.D.

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes; This ebook is licensed for your own personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.. Scripture quotations identified KJV are from the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, King James Version. Copyright 1984, 1991 by AMG International, INC and the Living Bible Copyright 1971,1986 by Tyndale House Publishers INC

      Copyright 8 2013

      Martin G. Tharp Ph.D.

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1. Let's Get Real

      2. Personal Experience

      3. Amazing Grace

      4. First Things First

      5. Jesus & Divorce

      6. Divorce & The Evangelical Conscience

      7. The Gospel & Divorce

      8. God & Divorce

      9. Church Restoration

      10. Divorce Is Not The Unpardonable Sin

      11. 10 Questions Regarding The Gospel & Divorce

      Bibliography

      Introduction

      In all my years of ministry, I have seen nothing that can match divorce for the detrimental effects it has on children, relatives, friends and society in general. There are few events which can match a broken home for its power of destructiveness. It causes confusion, resentment, hatred, bitterness, despair, conflict, and hardships of every sort.

      Does that mean that those who have been caught in that dilemma, or those who caused it, can no longer be a fully functioning member of society in general, or the Church for that matter ?

      I think not! Although I have no intention of preaching greasy grace, where you are allowed to do whatever your heart desires and still be called a Christian, but I am indeed preaching about the kind of grace which Jesus applied to the woman at the well in John Chapter 4, and the woman who was dragged in front of him in John chapter 8.

      I find it extremely appalling that there are myriads of those in the Evangelical Church body, ministers and members alike who would have cast those two women into hell without a second thought!

      While at the same time, there are others who would hand them a few forms to fill out, ask them to chronicle the sins of all their relatives as far back as they are able, blame their previous generations for their present condition so they can rid them of their generational curse!

      At 79 years old I must admit I am very weary and losing patience with all the non-sense which seems to attract a large segment of the Christian world!

      There is no doubt I will lose a few friends by writing a book on such a controversial subject, but when you consider the fact that in America alone, there were more than 2 2 million divorces in 2012, effecting over 5 million adult lives, along with untold millions of children!

      It is time for the Church to rise up and take some responsibility for doing some good old fashioned soul winning and bind up some wounds! Especially since nearly half that number comes from the Evangelical Church!

      Those staggering figures are not likely to diminish. In fact, in America, the divorce rates have grown steadily since the early 60's, with the largest increase in the religious community! Do you think by any wild stretch of the imagination that there could be some correlation between those figures and the diminishing Church attendance in virtually every denomination?

      Although I do not remember who said it, but this quote has always stuck with me;

      The army of God is the only army on earth who kills their wounded!

      Make no mistake, those who have been caught in the web of divorce, men women and children, are indeed wounded! Silence on the subject will change nothing, it is the God given responsibility of the Church to follow the lead of our Lord;

      The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18-19;KJV).

      Although it is a personal choice to use the King James version of the Bible, almost exclusively, there are times when the Living Bible clarifies my point succinctly, and this is one of those times. I love the way it reads on the last line of verses 19!

      The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has appointed me to preach Good News to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted and to announce that captives shall be released and the blind shall see, that the downtrodden shall be freed from their oppressors, and that God is ready to give blessings to all who come to him (Luke 4:18-19;TLB).

      Chapter One

      Let's Get Real!

      As a living product of a broken home, I am well aware of not only the ravages of a divorce, but the continuing aftermath it creates in the family at large. Much of what you will read in this book is a direct result of observations and experiences, gained over the past 53 years of full time Ministry as well as 78 years of life.

      With six brothers and one sister, it has actually been an amazing experience over the years to observe the way each of us have lived our lives as well as our varied reactions to the aftermath of a broken home while we were still children.

      Since I have managed to outlive all my brothers and my sister, writing this book has succeeded in reminding me of many events which were clearly related to the way we were treated at an early age as a direct result of that divorce.

      It is not my intention to minimize nor maximize the aftermath of a divorce, nor is it my objective to excuse those whose debilitating habits or lack of self control has driven a wedge between them and their spouse, ultimately ending in divorce.

      By the same token, I have grown a little weary of seeing people whose lives have been turned upside down through no fault of their own, and some of them with children who will probably never know who their father is, being treated as pariah's by the Church world.

      If the ravages of divorce is not enough to deal with, there is a damnable doctrine which has began to gain momentum over the past few years here in America as well as abroad, where prospective members of the Church are given forms to fill out for the purpose of chronicling all the sins of their parents, their grandparents and if possible their great grandparents, along with all their aunts and uncles, plus every sin they may have ever committed personally!

      The doctrine is called Adeliverance from generational curses, which supposedly must be dealt with by a casting out ceremony, freeing them from the sins of all their past generations!

      What amazes me is the fact that it seems fairly obvious that they simply cannot read, or they are writing a new Bible which will support this theory!

      What is laughable is the fact that they take their theory from the pages of the Old Testament. Paul dealt quite effectively with a group of people who wanted to continue to live under Old Testament law;

      "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do

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