{"podcast":{"title":"Vine Abiders Podcast","slug":"vine-abiders-podcast-7468317","podcast_index_feed_id":7468317,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/6015720.rss","website_url":"https://vineabiders.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/6015720/dc6628f9a44295d6000019d05ecc6fc8.jpg","author":"Chris White","episode_count":23,"summary":"Theological studies with Chris White an author, filmmaker and pod caster.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vine-abiders-podcast-7468317"},"episode":{"title":"Remarriage After Divorce is Adultery - Matthew 5:31-32 - Vine Abiders","slug":"remarriage-after-divorce-is-adultery-matthew-5-31-32-vine-abiders","published_at":"2025-09-24T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vine-abiders-podcast-7468317/remarriage-after-divorce-is-adultery-matthew-5-31-32-vine-abiders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vine-abiders-podcast-7468317","url":"https://vineabiders.substack.com/p/remarriage-after-divorce-is-adultery","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/174390856/7b0641aef73d53d8dbd0c8e56454553c.mp3","summary":"Divorce, Remarriage, and the Teaching of Jesus Welcome back to Vine Abiders . In our study through the Sermon on the Mount, we’ve come to Matthew 5:31–32—the words of Jesus on divorce and remarriage. It’s not an easy passage. In fact, this subject has followed me in a unique way. Last year I wrote a book on it— Remarriage After Divorce: A Biblical Defense of the Traditional Christian View. I didn’t publish it under my full name but under C.A. White , because I was hesitant to make it public. It’s a hard teaching. In America, almost everyone knows someone who has been divorced and remarried. Writing about it feels like a direct challenge to people we love. But the Sermon on the Mount won’t let us skip difficult words. Jesus’ next subject is divorce and remarriage, so today I’m going to walk through the main arguments of that book and summarize what Scripture and church history actually say. Three Views Within Evangelical Christianity There are three main positions in the church today: * The Permissive View Divorce is allowed in cases such as fornication or abandonment, and remarriage is permitted in those cases. This is common in modern evangelicalism. * The No-Divorce View Divorce is never allowed for any reason, and remarriage is only possible after the death of a spouse. This is relatively new and niche, though it has modern proponents. * The Traditional View Divorce may be permitted in limited cases, but remarriage while the former spouse lives is always adultery. This was the view of the early church and is the position I defend. The Witness of the Early Church For most of church history, the consensus was clear: divorce might be tolerated in some situations, but remarriage was forbidden as long as the spouse was alive. William Heth and Gordon Wenham’s Jesus and Di…","meta_description":"Divorce, Remarriage, and the Teaching of Jesus Welcome back to Vine Abiders . In our study through the Sermon on the Mount, we’ve come to Matthew 5:31–32—…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4727,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vine-abiders-podcast-7468317/episodes/remarriage-after-divorce-is-adultery-matthew-5-31-32-vine-abiders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vine-abiders-podcast-7468317/remarriage-after-divorce-is-adultery-matthew-5-31-32-vine-abiders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}