{"id":547,"date":"2013-02-25T06:47:54","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T06:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robstarner.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2013-02-25T06:47:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T06:47:54","slug":"second-chance-a-redemptive-approach-to-the-problem-of-disolved-marriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"Second Chance:  A Redemptive Approach to the Problem of Dissolved Marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/robstarner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/broken-marriage-011.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-557\" title=\"broken marriage 01\" src=\"http:\/\/robstarner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/broken-marriage-011-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A new war currently rages on the Western front.\u00a0 Unlike most wars, this battle is neither for booty and bounty nor for territory and terrain; instead, this is quite simply a fight for freedom\u2014personal, individual, self-centered freedom.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a combat that threatens the very fabric of our society.\u00a0 The ideological castle under siege is marriage.<\/p>\n<p>What has brought this time-tested and time-honored institution under attack?\u00a0 Is it the fact that so many couples are making such a mess of their marriages that the entire ediface is on the brink of collapse?\u00a0 Or is this merely a symptom and not a root cause?\u00a0 Will Western individualism with its premium on personal freedom be the force that ultimately delivers the <em>coup de grace <\/em>to the traditional model of marriage?<\/p>\n<p>This paper argues (1) that the current ideological crisis regarding marriage is due neither to a design flaw, nor to inferior workmanship, but rather to a sabotaged blueprint and defective materials, and<br \/>\n(2) that the original blueprint is recoverable and the materials reparable.<\/p>\n<p>This essay is a paper I presented as part of my doctoral studies at Baylor University.\u00a0 I have made only a few changes that I felt improved the style and readability.\u00a0 Otherwise, the basic content is unchanged.\u00a0 Amazingly the study is even more relevant today!\u00a0 It is a somewhat lengthy (but I believe profitable) read.\u00a0 This work is surely not the &#8220;final word&#8221; on the subject.\u00a0 I do invite your comments and interaction, so that all who read may profit from both.\u00a0 Blessings!<\/p>\n<p>[To access the file, just <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-DuTf98p2x6S3lYRnFfRnFZNWc\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE!<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>(Hint:\u00a0 For improved ease of reading, download the file to your computer, or print the document (12 pages).<\/p>\n<p>~ Rob Starner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABSTRACT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A new war currently rages on the Western front.\u00a0 Unlike most wars, this battle is neither for booty and bounty nor for territory and terrain; instead, this is quite simply a fight for freedom\u2014personal, individual, self-centered freedom.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a combat that threatens the very fabric of our society.\u00a0 The ideological castle under siege&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biblical-themes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robstarner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}