World News and Trends- Americans and Britons bored with monogamy
These days adultery is becoming big business in both America and Britain. According to the London Times, "Thousands of Britons have joined a [Web] site for the married but looking" (March 13, 2007).
These days adultery is becoming big business in both America and Britain. According to the London Times, "Thousands of Britons have joined a [Web] site for the married but looking" (March 13, 2007).
"When Monogamy Becomes Monotony" (the popular label) began in early 2003 in North America and then jumped the Atlantic last year. The American site has more than a million members, and so far 13,000 Britons have signed up for the British counterpart. One man, a wealthy American, described his requirements this way: "I don't want a hooker. I want a nice girl who loves her husband." It's hard to believe anyone could actually say that.
Although 84 percent of Britons apparently believe that adultery is either always or mostly wrong, some seem to practice something different. Recent UK statistics show that nearly 25 percent of men and 15 percent of women have indulged in at least one full-blown extramarital affair. Some 61 percent of adulterous husbands and 45 percent of cheating wives claim that their affairs are unknown to their spouses.
Clearly those who indulge in such practices are breaking God's spiritual law governing marriage, as expressed by the Seventh and Tenth Commandments. The wrong use of technology has made it easier for these marital lawbreakers. What cheaters don't realize, however, is that God's law is self-enforcing. Eventually they will pay the penalty in unhappy marriages that often end in divorce.
Married readers who may be tempted to cross the line should request or download our free booklets Marriage and Family: The Missing Dimension and The Ten Commandments. (Source: The Times [London].)
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Good News Magazine: May - June 2007
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Jerold Aust
Jerold Aust has served in the ministry for 52 years, as a public speaker for 58 years, a published writer for 38 years, and is employed by UCG’s Media and Communications Services. He is a Senior Writer, interviewer, and editor for Beyond Today Magazine and has taught Speech Communication for UCG’s ministerial online program and the Book of Revelation for ABC.
Jerold holds a BA in theology from Ambassador College, Pasadena (1968), an MA in Communication from California State University, Fullerton (1995), a distance-learning Ph.D (2006), and a Famous Writers School diploma in non-fiction writing (1973). Additionally, he studied post-grad communication at University of Southern California (1995), radio, TV, voice-overs, and Public Relations at Fullerton College (1995-1996), and graduate communication at Wichita State University (1978). Jerold has taught communication at the University of South Alabama (7 years) and ABC (17 years). His published works include, Ronald Reagan’s Rhetoric: Metaphor as Persuasion and EZSpeakers: Public Speaking Made Easy in 7 Steps. Jerold's overarching goal is to share with humankind its incredible destiny!
John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
