What is Focus on the Familys position on divorce and remarriage?
Answer Before attempting to respond to your inquiry in detail, it’s important to clarify our overall perspective. Here at Focus on the Family we place the highest possible value on the sanctity of marriage. Next to an individual’s relationship with God, we believe that there is nothing in this world more important than the bond between husband and wife. That’s why we’re dedicated to doing everything we can to strengthen good marriages and bring healing and restoration to those who are struggling to survive. A large part of this ministry has been devoted to the preservation of marriage, and as a result we are strongly opposed to divorce as an “easy” way of solving marital discord. That said, we’d like to direct your attention to several biblical passages that have played an important role in shaping our thoughts on the subject of marriage, divorce and remarriage. In general, as Bible-believing Christians, we take the view that God hates divorce (Malachi 2:16) and desires to bring healin
