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Focus on Marriage Podcast Focus on the Family
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If you’re married — or soon to be — you’ve got questions. What makes this relationship work? How do I fix it when it breaks? Where do I go when I need help? Host John Fuller and marriage experts Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley help answer those questions with practical, down-to-earth insights based on God’s design for marriage. Find answers and inspiration in every short episode of this Christian marriage podcast.
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How to Have Good Conversations About Sex
When was the last time you and your spouse talked about sex? The truth is, many couples struggle to discus it at all. Jim Daly speaks to Shaunti Feldhahn and Dr. Michael Sytsma about why many couples face challenges regarding physical intimacy. Plus, John and the Smalley's address why you need to talk about physical intimacy.
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Navigating Toxic Friendships
Your marriage needs friendships. But how can you discern if your friendships are truly helping your relationship? Greg Smalley talks with John and Erin about ways you can tell if a friendship is toxic. Plus, Jim Daly speaks to Dr. Randy Schroeder on how friendships influence a marriage.
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How to Help a Friend Who Has Marriage Problems
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Practicing Dialogue, Not a Monologue
You thought you were making such a good point to your spouse, but instead, your mate got annoyed by how much you talked! Sound familiar? Jim Daly speaks with Counselor, Dr. Randy Schroeder about the need for couples to practice dialogue. Also, John and the Smalley's will encourage you to make dialoguing a habit in your conversations with your spouse.
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Positive Communication in Marriage
Four Types of Communication to Strengthen Your Marriage
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How Affairs Get Started
Many affairs get started with something that seems innocent - a nice text, a friendly conversation, etc. John, Greg and Erin will encourage you to notice the warning signs, so you can prevent an affair from happening. You'll also hear Jim Daly talk to Rick and Tiffany Bulman, as they address how she developed a seemingly innocent friendship that led her down a dark road.
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Hope Restored
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Counseling
How to Recognize Where Your Marriage Is Vulnerable to an Affair
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Warning Signs That Can Lead to an Affair
Small things left unchecked in your marriage might make your relationship more vulnerable to an affair. John, Erin and Greg discuss how you can guard your marriage from an affair. Plus, Jim Daly talks to Pastor Rick Bulman and his wife Tiffany about a season where they didn't heed the warning signs in their marriage.
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The Billy Graham Rule: Should You Have Opposite-Sex Friendships?
How to Know When Your Marriage Is in Trouble
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A Wedding for Blended Couples
For couples facing remarriage, what's the way to do a wedding right? John and the Smalley's share how they've seen God restore people, even after an unwanted divorce. Also, Jim Daly and Dr. Ron Deal talk about ways kids can be involved in a blended family wedding.
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How Remarriage Affects Kids
Remarriage Doesn’t Wipe Away Memories and Old Habits
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Great Resource
Honest, Direct, to the point, but from a Christian perspective. So many marriages could benefit from these podcasts.
Why call it “an affair”
Why don’t you just call it with Jesus called it: adultery! I’m disappointed that you use toned down words to describe things the Bible clearly speaks against. The word affair should not be mentioned in Christian circles. Even divorce should be a lot more rare – only in it cases of abuse - and no remarriages! Jesus never condoned that. In Matthew 19:9 the word fornication means sex between two unmarried people - usually during the betrothal period. As the example Joseph was going to divorce Mary because he thought that she was in fornication. That is why it is only found in Matthew, but not mentioned in Mark or Luke. Matthew was written to the Jewish people and betrothal was not practiced outside of the Jewish community. There were cases of remarriage in the Bible that usually lead to disaster!
I get it: many of your listeners have been divorced, and even remarried. But that should not stop us from speaking the truth in love and encouraging them to reconcile. I cannot listen to a podcast that speaks so matter-of-factly about things that the Bible condones. Please listen to some of Dr. Joseph Webb’s YouTube videos. They are very eye-opening for many pastors. God HATES divorce but he loves people! We should hate the thing that God hates love what God loves.
Great tips and Advice
Great tips to help strenghthen the marriage. No matter how strong, a marriage can always be stronger and I feel that's what this podcast has to offer, great content.