Divorce: God's Will? [Kindle Edition]

Stephen Gola (Author)

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God uses divorce to save lives! Many divorced people have felt that they have let God down. Those who need to divorce feel that they are going against God's will. But no more! God Himself has spoken on their behalf. The Lord said to the author, "Son, sit down, I want to teach you about divorce." Divorce: God's Will? is the result of God's command to help people come out from under the condemnation of religion and to experience His love.

This book is full of hope and compassion! It reveals God's true heart to those who are in a bad marriage and those who have gone through a divorce. There is so much love and power that flows from these pages that it literally releases the reader from condemnation and brings their heart to total peace.

Since God's Word, the Bible, is the foundation for marriage and divorce, the author has plainly established and made clear from the Bible that God is for divorce. God cares more for the man and woman who make up the marriage than He cares for the marriage itself.

Divorce: God's Will? covers everything from staying in a bad marriage too long, to that ever-elusive subject, Submission.

This book is destined to be the psychologist's, clergy's, and family/marriage counselor's most referenced companion.

You can learn more about Divorce: God's Will? at www.divorcehope.com.

About the Author

In 1992 the Lord said to the author, “Son sit down, I want to teach you about divorce.” DIVORCE: GOD’S WILL? and DivorceHope.com is the direct result of God’s command, enabling His people to be set free from the bondages that were created through the wrong teachings regarding divorce and being married again after a divorce.

Stephen Gola is a Bible teacher and preacher who ministers on many different spiritual subjects. His current focus is on helping divorced Christians overcome guilt and experience hope for their future. Stephen has never been divorced.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1669 KB
• Print Length: 154 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000PY48I6
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,848 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better books available..., September 12, 2005

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Scott R. Moose (Springfield, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divorce: God's Will? (Paperback)

While I agree with the gist of what this author is trying to communicate regarding the problems with the traditional translations/interpretations on verses relating to divorce and remarriage, I would more highly recommend two other books above this one: Ralph Woodrow's "Divorce & Remarriage - What Does The Bible Really Say" and Callison's "Divorce: A Gift of God's Love." Gola loses some credibility, mid-book, when he get's off on a rather strange tangent trying to explain why people should not marry those of another "race." He then tries to define race based on culture, but the whole chapter seems out of place and doesn't really tie into the main subject. Woodrow's book is complete, yet concise, and an easier read. Callison get's into more detail discussing the distinctions in Greek and Hebrew between "putting away" and "certificate of divorce" which help clarify some of the misunderstandings that have occurred with recent English translations and their application.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a huge eye-opener, March 16, 2005

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C. Peterson "GraceJoyFaith" (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divorce: God's Will? (Paperback)

Until I read this book, I believed, as many Christians do accept blindly, that divorce was just not allowed. And I believed that if a person got a divorce and then married someone else, both parties in the new marriage were committing adultery.

Therefore, I stayed in a marriage where the man was abusing me for 18 years. My only hope in life was for death of either him or me so I could be free.

Meanwhile, my four children suffered because I was not a happy mom and Dad was mean to Mom. No matter how hard I tried to please him, he always found or invented something else for which to berate me. He felt it was his right as a Christian man to control me and that I was required to "submit" to him whether I liked it or not.

Something just did not seem right about that whole arrangement, but I didn't know how to explain it.

I began searching the internet for any information on divorce being permitted from a Christian standpoint. I realized that I might be "looking for what I WANTED to see," so tried to keep an open mind and to carefully consider the validity of whatever I found, to not just "take someone's word for it" that what they wrote was true.

When I found Stephen Gola's site, it was a foreign subject to me. Could God actually approve of divorce?

I checked out the Scripture references which Mr. Gola explained in his book, "Divorce: God's Will?" to be sure nothing was being assumed. It all began to add up.

After reading the sample pages on the web-site, I wanted to see the whole book, so I ordered a copy. And I was not disappointed at what I read.

Since reading "Divorce: God's Will," I have read many other articles that agree with Mr. Gola's explanation of the common and oft-misinterpreted Scriptures concerning divorce, adultery, and remarriage.

I cannot recommend this book enough, to anyone who has questions about what is right concerning divorce and remarriage. It is an excellent jumping-off point for getting one going on seriously looking into the Bible -- not only for these issues discussed but also for anything else one is studying in the Scriptures. It has made me all the more aware of the need to carefully dissect the Word of God and not rely on tradition.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Racism is anti-Scriptural--not divorce., September 14, 2005

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Creative Eclectic - See all my reviews

This review is from: Divorce: God's Will? (Paperback)

Gola's book was the first of many I read on the divorce and remarriage issue. It was refreshing to see someone challenge antibiblical tradition, but what floored me was his chapter entitled, "Marrying Outside Your Race." His premise was that YHWH created different cultural groups for just that reason--to be different. In his eyes "interracial marriage" is a sin. This, however, is not the case.

That section of his work ruined the overall content, and caused me to raise my eyebrows as I read it. His exegesis of Scripture was horrific, and I must beg the question if he's a part of a supremacist Christian group.

Other than the aforementioned chapter, I found the book to be engaging, and he brings up several issues that are often overlooked by the traditional crowd.

My recommendation is to actually buy this book, however. Hopefully Gola will come out with a second edition that deletes the chapter mentioned above.