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No reproduction in whole or part, can be How Soon We Forg et de without permission of THE LMNGC HURCH. 6 Best of the Web Series olume 233 Number 15 OCTOBER 8, 2006 · TH E LIVIN G CHURCH 3 8olid OA-k SUNDAY'SREADINGS CHOIR CHAIR TwoBecome One 'They are no longer two but one.flesh' (Gen. 2:24 and Mark 10:8) The18th SundayAfter Pentecost {Proper 22B}, Oct. 8, 2006 BCP: Gen. 2:18-24; Psalm 8 or 128; Heb. 2:(1-8)9-18; Mark 10:2-9 RCL:Job 1: 1 , 2: 1-10 and Psalm 26 or Gen. 2: 18-24 and Psalm 8; Heb. 1 : 1-4; 2:5- 12; Mark 10:2-16 In all of the thousands of chapters the fullness of God's promise in their found in the books of the Bible, only marriage?" they ask , "Is it lawful for a the first two chapters of Genesis man to divorce his wife?" The question present an image of the human race means, "Is there a way we can permit before we fell into sin and became divorce without going against the law?" subject to evil and death. The i.e., "Is there a loophole? 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One may Nevertheless, Jesus teaches that the STUDIOHAVE well ask, as one sees the tragically high first calling is still the calling of the divorce rate, why does the promise of people of God even though they live in BEENCREATING love that is so strong and hopeful at the brokenness. But certainly he does not & CONSERVING wedding fail so often to fulfill its insist on this standard in order to pile STAINEDGLASS potential? Even the Pharisees , so up guilt or add to misery, but rather to proud of their moral rectitude, begin at affirm that , hard as it often is to follow, WINDOWS the wrong end . Instead of asking Jesus , God has no other standard for his WORLDWIDE. "How can a husband and wife realize people than that of true love. 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