Nehemiah's Reaction
- Why are only Jewish men condemned for marrying non-Jews and not Jewish women for marrying foreigners? Does it make a difference to the family?
- Why is the language we speak at home called one's "mother tongue?" How does it affect one's upbringing?
- How effective is public shaming as a deterrent for undesirable behaviour?
Nehemiah's Reproof
- Why was Solomon a bad example only for marrying heathen wives, and not for polygamy?
- How was it acceptable to have for foreigner wives such as Zipporah, Ruth and Rahab?
- How likely was it that some of the foreign wives in Ezra's day had become genuine worshippers of Yahweh, and were acceptable to Ezra and Nehemiah?
- How might the term "unequally yoked with unbelievers" apply even to members in the church?
Ezra Reacts
- How can we mingle with the people we are to evangelize and still avoid ending up marrying one of them?
- How can we implement the concept of "in the world but not of the world?"
- How can one who is a believer rectify a decision made earlier to marry a non-believer?
Ezra Acts
- How correct was it to send away foreign wives and their children? Should the husbands have gone with them and settled perhaps in a third country?
- How likely was it that some "converted wives were also sent away? Was it possible that such drastic action caused some women to be converted and baptized?
- Under what circumstances may a marriage be considered "null and void?"
Marriage Today
- What advice can we give a person contemplating marriage with a non-Adventist who claims that this person is better than many Adventists? Are there non-believers who are in our church, even baptized?
- Who is a non believer?
- What steps can a believer take to try to win over an unbelieving spouse?
