Question regarding a Pastor Enyart radio program?

[Lawless]

I'd like to address this question to those here that are most familiar with Pastor Enyart's teachings if I may, or Pastor Enyart.



I downloaded and listened to one of Kgov's archived shows a while back in which Pastor Enyart briefly mentioned that the only biblical support for divorce was adultery or abandonment, and later he also included abuse, speaking in kind of general terms.......examples being abusive in terms of physical and / or verbal. I can remember divorce was not the main topic in this radio show, but this matter of biblical reasons for divorce where related to the topic at hand and just briefly discussed. I remember enjoying the show but don't fully recall all the subject matter. I tried to find it and download it for replay but can't remember exactly which show it was........lol!

Anyway.....My question deals with abandonment. I can understand abandonment in the sense of one leaving one spouse and non support, but if my memory serves me I think Pastor Enyart was also speaking of other kinds of abandonment. Can Pastor Enyart or someone else here familiar with his teachings define just exactly what abandonment entails? Thanks

 

[Jefferson]

I remember reading a Christian periodical, "Faith for all of Life" from The Chalcedon Foundation where this topic was addressed. Their conclusion was that if a husband becomes a drunkard or is physically abusive, etc., then he has left his wife as his role of husband. So, even though he may still be there physically, he has, for all practical purposes, left her as her husband. Therefore she would be justified in divorcing him since he has already technically left.

I don't know if this is Bob's position or not.

 

[Lawless]

Thanks for the link, and the reply Jefferson.
I would agree with your definition of abandonment regarding drunk behavior, but I would apply it to both husband and wife, and not just the husband only. The point being one of the spouses abandons there "role" as husband or wife.
Question:........Has a women abandoned her role as a wife if she refuses to bare children although she is perfectly healthy. Example would be the wife use birth control pills despite the objection of the husband.

 

[allsmiles]

What's the passage about a man who does not provide for his family is an infidel?

Oh yes, and there's always this:

In 1989, Enyart became head of the Denver branch of the pro life group Operation Rescue and was arrested numerous times during his pickets. Enyart's first wife, Krista, also participated in Operation Rescue and was also arrested at protests. Enyart's resigned from Operation Rescue when he realized his marriage was in jeopardy. However, his efforts did not stop Krista filing for divorce in 1989. While their marriage undoubtly suffered from their arrests and jail time, Enyart has claimed it ended due to his own struggles with sexual immorality and pornography. Krista aggreed to give Enyart custody of their two boys. Enyarts second marriage would also end quickly in divorce.

Seems he's a bit of an amateur expert on the subject of divorce.

Is the abuse you're talking about limited only to the spouse? Has the husband abandoned his role as a father when he abuses his children?

During his show's nationwide run, Enyart married Cheryl Mayns, the ex-wife of a Jefferson County, Colorado sherriff's deputy. Enyart was charged in 1994 and ultimately convicted of misdemeanor child abuse in the spanking of Mayns' son Steven (then age 7) with a belt. The spanking left bruises and welts on the boy's buttocks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Enyart

Yes, something tells me Enyart will be able to answer all of your questions on the topic of divorce and abuse He's got the resume`.

 

[CapnFungi]

spankin is not abuse. charges were probably filed b/c enyart is a better father and the biological father was jealous

 

[Lawless]

What's the passage about a man who does not provide for his family is an infidel?

Oh yes, and there's always this:



Seems he's a bit of an amateur expert on the subject of divorce.

Is the abuse you're talking about limited only to the spouse? Has the husband abandoned his role as a father when he abuses his children?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Enyart

Yes, something tells me Enyart will be able to answer all of your questions on the topic of divorce and abuse He's got the resume`.

Allsmiles:

I am more interested in Biblical information pretaining to abandonment then Pastor Enyart's personal experiences. Please don't hi jack my thread into another topic. If you have a agenda to bash Pastor Enyart would you mind doing it somewhere else please?

I do agree with your point of abuse toward the children in a marriage as a reason for divorce, however I don't believe spanking ones child for disobedience is abuse. I've heard Pastor Enyart talk about this child abuse that he was charged with. He said the child had disobeyed his Mother , and he spanked him with a belt five times on the back side. This isn't abuse . If more Dads and Moms cared enough to spank there children today many of the problems with children today wouldn't exist. There is a clear difference between abuse and discipline.......anyway please..... the topic here is " Biblical reasons for divorce" and I ask .......What does abandonment entail? thanks...........

 

[Jefferson]

Question:........Has a women abandoned her role as a wife if she refuses to bare children although she is perfectly healthy. Example would be the wife use birth control pills despite the objection of the husband.

I don't think the wife has abandoned her role as a wife in this situation. Her primary role is to be a "help meet" to her husband, to be his wife. Her potential role as mother to his children is secondary.