How can my marriage survive adultery on this edition of Truth and Love?

I'm Heath Lambert and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association

of Certified Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems that

people face.

One of the most painful situations that any person or any marriage can experience is the pain that

enters into such a relationship in the aftermath of adultery.

Some of the most hurting and struggling and people in pain that I have ever known in my

entire life have been people who are wrestling with what to do after such a shocking

revelation.

Marriage is intended by God to be the closest and most intimate earthly relationship that we have.

And when our partner in marriage betrays that trust through infidelity, it is one of the most

shocking, horrifying, and tragic realities that we will ever experience.

This is a topic that as painful as it is is always relevant for us to discuss,

and yet the topic of adultery can seem more relevant in the last couple of weeks because of the

new revelations of the disclosure of information from the Ashley Madison website, a website that people were able to go and visit and

pay money to have an affair. That has led to numerous public disclosures and numerous painful

disclosures that are wreaking havoc in the relationships of many marriages all across the country

and all across the world.

And so we wanted to take some time this week on Truth and Love to talk about how a couple

would work by the grace of Christ to pursue help and restoration in their marriage.

Amy Evanson is the producer of Truth and love, and she is here this week

to help us think this matter through. I think the big question here is what to do. We all know

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