Set Free To Remarry - Pamela Moritz writes a powerful book about life changing events in Christian Marriages

Like many of my readers, I was in a bad marriage. I felt like I couldn't really please God as a Christian unless my marriage was working. And yet I couldn't get the marriage to work no matter how hard I tried. At times, I was angry with God for even thinking up the idea of marriage. Marriage just seemed like some kind of a cruel joke.

But Christians would almost always say, "We know God hates divorce." So I researched it. I read the passages myself. I found out that the message of these Bible passages was totally different from what I had heard. I believe I found answers that will help and encourage others and so I wrote this book.

For me, it's all about you. You who have suffered loneliness, rejection, guilt, sadness, harm, loss of faith in God. All because of a bad marriage, because divorce is called a sin and remarriage is called adultery.

I do not claim to speak for God. God can speak to you himself and you can hear him for yourself.

I stick to finding out what the Bible says since the Bible has been used to condemn divorce and remarriage. At the same time condemning the Christian who needs divorce or who is divorced against his or her wishes. Both condemning and denying the need and desire of the Christian for remarriage.

I simply take a closer look at Bible passages about divorce and remarriage, as any Christian can do. But without assuming that the usual Christian teaching against divorce and remarriage is the truth simply because it is repeated again and again.

The real message is found in the original context that the passages were written. Historical context. Biblical context. Legal context. Social context. When the passages are put back into their context, the original message becomes clear and life changing.

The same Bible passages that we've thought condemn divorce and remarriage actually teach the opposite message. Set the other free and be set free to remarry.

The Bible teaches that no one should suffer the cruelty of being unwanted in a marriage. Jesus called it "hardness of heart." The Bible teaches that a person should not be prevented from remarrying and being loved by another. The Bible teaches a system of marriage very different from Christian marriage as a permanent sacrament. From Christian marriage as a life long duty. From Christian marriage as being chained to a bad decision or to the bad behavior of another.

The Bible does not require a Christian to remain unwanted in a marriage. Divorce and remarriage are acceptable practices for the Christian.

We see that marriage is a human issue that God cares about -- just like he cares about everything else in our Christian lives. We see that for the Christian marriage is not a test of faith or endurance. We see that for the Christian marriage is not a religious institution or obligation. We see that for the Christian marriage is meant to be full of choice and of blessing.

While writing this book, Pamela Moritz applied research skills and historical knowledge she gained from ten years of evening school classes through which she obtained a bachelors degree in history from the University of Tennessee. She graduated summa cum laude.

At the age of 11, Pamela Moritz experienced the life changing event of asking Jesus into her heart.  She hopes her research in the name of Jesus will be life changing and life giving to others. She desires for real divorce help and divorce hope to be available to each Christian.

Even as a teenager, Pamela Moritz tried to personally make sense of the standard Christian teaching that God forbids divorce and remarriage while seeing lives made miserable because of bad marriages.  Neither could she understand why God would want to require the divorced person to live the rest of his or her life without a life partner. Much later in life, she decided to investigate the Bible for herself and for you.