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This is precisely why God wants covering for women and children. God never intended for divorce and 70 percent of women file for Divorce which is unbiblical. Divorce rips children apart not just financially but emotionally and God never intended...
A pretty short read, with thoughts that could potentially be applied to polygyny. The author identifies the economic and even life span detriment to all involved in divorce, mainly due to division of resources. . It would be fascinating if...
And Keturah is called a "wife" in Genesis and a "concubine" in Chronicles, confirming that point. However we don't know any more detail about her than that, we don't know why she is called a concubine - we don't know the circumstances of her...
I am looking to the Bible to define everything about how marriage should work.
When confronted with a word that is not defined in scripture, I look to extrabiblical sources solely to get the definition of that word. This is normal practice for...
Any thoughts on how increasing the amount of parental influence by way of polygyny might actually be a force multiplier that society and churches aren’t accounting for?
I would say the economic impact can reverberate for generations. Especially when a well-off family has their financial foundations torn apart by a contentious divorce. The children are then at a disadvantage in society without the financial...
I can’t remember if I’ve stated this publicly before but I’ve actually had an evolution on this topic in recent years. I’m willing to admit that there could be a definition of concubine BUT if there is it’s the woman who was bought as a servant...
@steve, I am certainly not saying "don't take a concubine". On the contrary, I am saying "go ahead".
However the question is "what is a concubine?". There I think we may be diverging.
I see "concubine" as a synonym for "de-facto wife" - in...
Within this article, it stated the following:
This highlights the very thing that I encourage men to do all the time. That is, set out to purposefully establish your household. This includes everything from how you want conversation to happen to...
A pretty short read, with thoughts that could potentially be applied to polygyny. The author identifies the economic and even life span detriment to all involved in divorce, mainly due to division of resources. . It would be fascinating if...