1.0Jesus Creedhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreedxscot mcknighthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/author/xscot-mcknightTaking a stand for fidelity - Jesus Creedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gTBcsMrtHP"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2005/11/taking-a-stand-for-fidelity.html">Taking a stand for fidelity</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2005/11/taking-a-stand-for-fidelity.html/embed#?secret=gTBcsMrtHP" width="600" height="338" title="“Taking a stand for fidelity” — Jesus Creed" data-secret="gTBcsMrtHP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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As Jesus revealed that murder begins with anger, and that murder is expressed in anger, labeling, and damning, so Jesus contends in his summons for others to follow him that adultery, too, is a matter of the heart. The physical desire of another by a married person is adultery. There is no reason to play…