You really think those are the types INSIDE a church? If that is your experience, I suggest leave it.
A lot is going to laid at the feet of preachers for not preaching against divorce.
You know who a lot will be laid on? Those who don't teach the GOSPEL properly and those who don't teach God's Word is the FINAL authority. They are leading 'their flock' astray. But that doesn't let the flock off the hook for each one is responsible for themselves. There is no 'he made me believe that' in heaven. It's over.
There is a reason society in general in Christian America in the 19th and for the first half of the 20th centuries, had very little divorce.
Saying Christian means zilch to me. There are far too many who claim to be Christian and are not. They are people going to a church on Sunday and think they are a Christian; yet, doing the things of the world and divorce is one of them. And for a price they can get a divorce but it's called annulment. If they can't, they will get it anyway because 'What is good for the rich goose, is good for the poor unknown goose'.
Christianity is about having fellowship with The Lord where one gets to KNOW Him and learn more about Him daily and they know what pleases Him, His Way and what He hates. It's like any relationship we value - the more you spend time the more you learn and the more you know them.
I was speaking in general of the churches plural here in America, not a particular local church.
You know who a lot will be laid on? Those who don't teach the GOSPEL properly and those who don't teach God's Word is the FINAL authority. They are leading 'their flock' astray. But that doesn't let the flock off the hook for each one is responsible for themselves. There is no 'he made me believe that' in heaven. It's over.
I certainly agree with you on the gospel, and God's word is indeed the final authority, but the subject of this thread is divorce. And on that subject, Mal. 2:11-17 and Matt. 19:3-9, among other texts, are that final authority you speak of.
Christianity is about having fellowship with The Lord where one gets to KNOW Him and learn more about Him daily and they know what pleases Him, His Way and what He hates.
Yes, but if our subject is divorce, and preachers preached more on passages like the Malachi and Matthew passages above, one would know "what pleases Him, His way and what He hates." He hates divorce.