adultery

My Wife’s Affair Shattered—and Saved—Our Marriage

by Nancy C. Anderson August 18, 2008
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(Note: This post was written by Ron Anderson, husband of Positively Feminine contributor Nancy C. Anderson.) I searched her eyes for the familiar fire. Seeing none, I thought, who is this woman? My wife of two years had become an instant stranger. She repeated the sentence I could not understand, “I’m moving out.” I asked, [...]

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Four Slippery Steps to Adultery

by Nancy C. Anderson January 10, 2008

At work and church, in our neighborhoods and during our daily activities we all encounter people of the opposite sex who are attractive. That’s not the problem. Our selfish choices after the attraction create the problem. Adultery has a progression and most people (even Christians) take these steps before they slide down the slippery slope. [...]

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Infidelity’s Warning Signs

by Nancy C. Anderson December 26, 2007

Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. —Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) Kate found out her husband was having an affair the same week he asked her for a divorce—she didn’t see it coming. She told me, “My ‘gut’ was telling me that things weren’t quite right, but Bob had convinced me [...]

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Victory Through Surrender After an Affair

by Nancy C. Anderson May 1, 2007

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven. —Composer Igor Stravinsky For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.” —Psalm 25:11 Dad sighed and asked us, “What’s your plan?” My husband, Ron, leaned forward and said, “Plan? Plan for what?” “You two are going to have to figure out why [...]

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Affair Repair

by Nancy C. Anderson April 1, 2007
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Can a Christian marriage survive an affair? Yes, mine did! When Ron and I got married in 1978, both of us believed that it was the other person’s job to “Make me happy!” We soon found out—that was impossible. I complained and criticized my way through our first year then Ron retaliated with the “I’m [...]

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