He would sleep on the job. He had one of those weird jobs where he would just go up.

He was like in a warehouse and he would go up and sleep somewhere in the warehouse.

And he would wake her up by poking her. Just sit on the bed and poke her.

He's watching videos and stuff. Every time she fell asleep, he pokes her.

You know another word for that? Torture. Sleep deprivation is an enhanced interrogation technique.

But abuse and Christian marriages, when does someone who says they're a Christian,

but isn't acting like a Christian, be considered a non-Christian?

I think I touched on that a second ago, but I don't know.

There just should not be abuse in Christian marriages. And unfortunately, there just is.

So let me just first answer the question of why this is so important.

Why? Because you know, and you've seen how I work this into my understanding of divorce and

remarriage, and justified instances of separation and divorce.

Because the Bible says Christian couples who separate for some reason that they should just

work on getting back together. That's the general rule. But if you have an unbelieving spouse

who's not willing to live with you, you can be freed from that marriage. This isn't because you

want out. They leave. So yeah, how do we apply this? How do we apply this?

I extend this principle. I'll actually read you the verse. So 1 Corinthians 715,

if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. Because in such cases, the brother or sister

is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. I think that phrase not enslaved to me.

You're not bound to the marriage if they're going to depart from you and they're an unbeliever.

And so the question is, well, what if it's a Christian who's departing from me? Or perhaps,

because I would extend this to the issue of extreme abuse. And I'll give you an example of

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