The martyrs bear witness to Christ AND they also bear witness to humanity of their killers. With the prayer for forgiveness they say to their enemies "you are not monsters, but sinners in need of forgiveness." This is where the Christian martyr is different than the Islamist one... the Christian martyr desires the salvation of his enemies, the Islamist desires their destruction. The Christian at prayer is the Christian who prays "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." 

What follows below is some reading material regarding divorce and Jesus' responses to the Pharisees in Mark 10 and Matthew 19. I'm happy to have further conversations about these topics as you'd like, just send me an email at redeemingfamily@gmail.com

These are some of the biggest lessons I have learned as one who has been a member of 2 different church plants (both outside the CRC) and am part of a planting church in the CRC (currently planting a Chinese-speaking church in Ada).

Guest post by Cole Jeffrey. This was originally a discussion held within a facebook group. It is reposted with Cole's permission. We at Redeemingfamily hope you find this a helpful resource as believers faithfully following Christ in a pornified moment in world history. We thank Cole for his thoughtful engagement on this topic and pray the Lord blesses him as a husband, father, and representative of Christ.