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Old Hugh Latimer preached before Henry VIII. It was the custom of the court preacher to present the king with something on his birthday, and Latimer presented Henry VIII with a pocket handkerchief with this text in the corner: “God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers” (Heb 13:4)—a very…

NBA superstar Wilt Chamberlin boasted in his autobiography about the number of women he slept with during his playing career. He promised that there were not any “little Willies” around though. Evidently he may have been mistaken. Aaron Levi, adopted as a baby began to search for his birthparents. When…

According to a January poll from the National Endowment for Financial Education, 42 percent of people admit to being financially unfaithful to their partner. They admit to keeping secret bank accounts, hiding big-ticket purchases, or covering up bad investments. Mandy Walker in ConsumerReports.org says…

A man in Port Huron, Michigan detected an odor he identified as natural gas. Trying to find the source, he lit a match. He found the leak! The resulting fire singed his eyebrows and his hair and it took the fire department 90 minutes to put it out. The local fire chief suggested the best thing to do…

One of the five myths of marriage discussed in a Washington Post article on marriage is that marital affairs are the main cause of divorce. As bad as an affair is for a marriage, destroying the foundation of trust, the affair is typically a result rather than the cause of a disintegrating marriage. “In…

Dean and Cristy Parave promote fitness, and spouse swapping to Christians on their website. “I don’t think God would be mad at what we are doing,” Cristy said. “At first I was conflicted, but the more we looked at it, the more it makes sense to us.”—Jim L. Wilson http://nypost.com/2014/09/25/these-christian-swingers-like-sharing-bible-verses-sex-partners/…

Ron Washington as manager of the Texas Rangers was at the peak of his career. After admitting he had been unfaithful to his wife he resigned his position with these words. “I broke her trust. I am here today to own that mistake.” He could have kept his job and remained silent on the indiscretion. Instead…

Actress Scarlett Johansson recently commented on her thoughts about what she calls, “the very romantic and beautiful institution of marriage.” Now separated from her second husband, she isn’t sure monogamy is natural. “I don’t think it’s natural to be a monogamous person. It’s a lot of work. And the…

As if they needed it, evolutionists have given women who have affairs an excuse. It is ultimately because evolution has biologically programmed her for infidelity. This is the claim of a recent research paper in which “researchers propose that evolution has predisposed women to seek out additional partners…

When Leroy Black died of cancer his obituary appeared in the Press of Atlantic City twice. In the first one, he was described as a well-loved fiberglass technician. After some other niceties, the obituary said he “is survived by his loving wife, Bearetta Harrison Black.” The observant reader would have…

The Cable Television network Oxygen proposed a new reality show called All My Babies’ Mamas. The show was about a rap artist who has 11 children with 10 women. Thankfully, public disgust was such that they pulled the show. It is a sad commentary on the state of entertainment that they could even consider…

“The life and career of the world’s greatest golfer fell apart with the swing of a club, and it wasn’t even his swing.” Tiger Woods was on top of the world. He was the wealthiest athlete in America, a household name, and a hero to many aspiring golfers. In April of 2009, Woods was photographed in the…

How can a man of such great loyalty, sacrifice, honor, discipline, and willpower as General David Petraeus get caught up in an adulterous affair? “How could he allow things to go so far?” asks Joel Stein in his November 2012 Time Magazine column. Stein’s answer is that people in Petraeus’ situation are…

Time magazine asked several people the question, “Is Monogamy Obsolete?” Pastor Andy Stanley replied that it is more like an endangered species. “Rare, Valuable. Something to be protected.” According to Stanley, “beside the fact that women and children do not fare well in societies that embrace polygamy…

A British researcher says many children are growing up believing marriages are not meant to last because so many high profile sports and pop stars set a bad example. Reg Bailey is preparing a report for the British Department of Education detailing the ways children learn about gender roles in life.…

ADULTERY Are you ready to commit the sin of adultery but you don’t know exactly how to go about it safely and anonymously? Now there is help for your blackberry or your Iphone, or on the internet if you don’t own one of those. The web site allows men and women to sign up, chat with one another, and eventually…

INFIDELITY Bill Easterbrook and his wife, Joan, were thumbing through a travel brochure when Joan saw her husband in one of the photos. She wasn't excited about her discovery and neither was Bill. He was dancing at a nice hotel. You guessed it-the woman he was dancing with wasn't Joan. Bill's explanation?…

GOD’S LAW The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down that state’s “alienation of affection” law stating that “stealing” the love of a married person is an antiquated legal doctrine. The court’s ruling agreed with a woman who had been accused of marital infidelity. The State Supreme Court struck down…

Sexting is described as exchanging sexual communications over the internet or via cell phones. The ethical question this raises is sexting while involved in a relationship with another, cheating? --The Week, July 1-8, 2011 p. 17 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell There is no question how…

Sexual Fidelity Air Force Lt. Kelly Flings made headlines when she became the Nation's first female B-52 bomber pilot. She later made the headlines again, but this time she was in trouble. She did not wreck her plane or sell military secrets to the enemy, she was in trouble because she had sex out of…

FLIRTING In a column in the Chicago Tribune, Cheryl Lavin concluded that "the trick to flirting is knowing when to stop." She described two married couples whose flirting jeopardized their marriages because they took it too far. —Chicago Tribune, May 2, 2000, Tempo 8, Section 5 Illustration by Jim L.…

ADULTERY Mike Torchina doesn’t mind wearing a scarlet letter at all. In a recent article he wrote for Newsweek Magazine, he publicly stated that he’s had affairs with around 40 married women. He said, “I don’t feel bad about having had affairs with married women, because they were feeling neglected and…

Righteousness John 8:7 NIV "When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.'" Josh grew up in the church and was active in his youth group growing up. Like many children who were raised in a Christian…

ACCOUNTABILITY On June 24, 2009, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford confessed: “I’ve been unfaithful to my wife.” Sanford, a professing Christian, and some of his closest friends attribute the unfaithfulness to a lack of accountability. Governor Sanford held himself aloof of accountability from those…