Are you and your spouse cultivating meaningful relationships with our couples? Marriage experts Matt & Lisa Jacobson join Greg & Erin to discuss the importance of marriage friendships. Later, listen for Conversation Starters: Double Date Edition! Then, we'll hear a question from a listener who wants to know if she should sign a prenup.



Click here to receive a bundle of Matt & Lisa's devotionals, 100 Ways to Love Your Wife and 100 Ways to Love Your Husband, for a gift of any amount!



Click here for a list of Conversation Starters! And don't forget to leave us a voicemail with your answers to this week's questions... What do you do for fun? What has God been teaching you lately? What do you value in a friendship?



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Are you and your spouse cultivating meaningful relationships with our couples? Marriage experts Matt &amp; Lisa Jacobson join Greg &amp; Erin to discuss the importance of marriage friendships. Later, listen for Conversation Starters: Double Date Edition! Then, we'll hear a question from a listener who wants to know if she should sign a prenup.
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-crazy-little-thing-2024-08-05?refcd=2122508">Click here to receive a bundle of Matt &amp; Lisa's devotionals, 100 Ways to Love Your Wife and 100 Ways to Love Your Husband, for a gift of any amount!</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/fqlkna">Click here for a list of Conversation Starters! And don't forget to leave us a voicemail with your answers to this week's questions... What do you do for fun? What has God been teaching you lately? What do you value in a friendship?</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/z17rfz">Call Focus on the Family at 1(800) 232-6459 or click here to be connected with one of our licensed counselors.</a>
 
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Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear, practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family.

Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear, practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family.

Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage

Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family. 

Did you know the Hebrew root word for marriage is the same as mess? Okay, maybe not, but it wasn’t a stretch to believe, right? This is the podcast for Christian married couples who are in the middle of a messy moment. They need to laugh. They need clear practical advice. And they need to hear from someone with an actual degree in this thing. Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley are those people. They have reached millions of couples through their counseling practices, books, events, and work at Focus on the Family.

Marriage Friendships: Accountability & Fellowship

The beginnings of an affair are often innocent and hardly noticeable, which is why you should take steps to safeguard your marriage. This week, join Greg & Erin as they sit down with author and counselor Dave Carder to talk about building trust, setting boundaries, and nurturing intimacy to keep your marriage strong and secure. Later, we share our favorite date night ideas. Then, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know how she should handle confronting her husbands addiction to pornography.



Click here to receive Dave's book, "Anatomy of an Affair," for a gift of any amount!



Read Erin's article, "Make Date Night With Your Spouse A Weekly Habit."



Read Erin's article, "Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation."



Read Joann Condie's book about how to deal with a spouse's porn addiction, "Aftershock."



If you or your spouse struggle with porn, click here for Pure Desire Ministries



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The beginnings of an affair are often innocent and hardly noticeable, which is why you should take steps to safeguard your marriage. This week, join Greg &amp; Erin as they sit down with author and counselor Dave Carder to talk about building trust, setting boundaries, and nurturing intimacy to keep your marriage strong and secure. Later, we share our favorite date night ideas. Then, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know how she should handle confronting her husbands addiction to pornography.
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-crazy-little-thing-2024-12-02?refcd=2188101">Click here to receive Dave's book, "Anatomy of an Affair," for a gift of any amount!</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/5ber00">Read Erin's article, "Make Date Night With Your Spouse A Weekly Habit."</a>
 
<a href="http://sf.fotf.com/u2lmht" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">Read Erin's article, "Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation."</a>
 
<a href="http://sf.fotf.com/fq3tff" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">Read Joann Condie's book about how to deal with a spouse's porn addiction, "Aftershock."</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/tfuer7" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">If you or your spouse struggle with porn, click here for Pure Desire Ministries</a>
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/24cltcm-donate-page?refcd=2188101">Donate Now!</a>
 
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Affair-Proofing Your Marriage

What's the secret to a lasting marriage? This week, join Greg & Erin as they sit down with marriage champions Diane & Roger Ingolia, who share wisdom from their 47 years of marriage. Later, we engage in some date night conversation starters. Then, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know how her & her husband can make love, instead of just having sex.



Click here for a free list of date night conversation starters from Greg & Erin!



Interested in one of our marriage seminars? Click here to check out Resist the Drift from Focus on the Family!



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What's the secret to a lasting marriage? This week, join Greg &amp; Erin as they sit down with marriage champions Diane &amp; Roger Ingolia, who share wisdom from their 47 years of marriage. Later, we engage in some date night conversation starters. Then, we answer a question from a listener who wants to know how her &amp; her husband can make love, instead of just having sex.
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/89a0pg" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">Click here for a free list of date night conversation starters from Greg &amp; Erin!</a>
 
<a href="https://sf.fotf.com/qri4dd" data-callout-id="edit_links_in_description">Interested in one of our marriage seminars? Click here to check out Resist the Drift from Focus on the Family!</a>
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/24cltcm-donate-page?refcd=2182501">Donate Now!</a>
 
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Together for the Long-Haul

What does it mean to choose "we over me" in marriage? This week, join Greg & Erin as they sit down with author and counselor Debra Fileta, who shares insights on how you can build a strong, connected marriage by prioritizing union over personal agenda. Later, we debunk some marriage advice from the internet. Then, we hear a question from a listener whose husband is accusing her of being unfaithful.



Click here to receive Debra's book, "Choosing Marriage," for a gift of any amount!



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What does it mean to choose "we over me" in marriage? This week, join Greg &amp; Erin as they sit down with author and counselor Debra Fileta, who shares insights on how you can build a strong, connected marriage by prioritizing union over personal agenda. Later, we debunk some marriage advice from the internet. Then, we hear a question from a listener whose husband is accusing her of being unfaithful.
 
<a href="https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-crazy-little-thing-2024-11-18?refcd=2181905">Click here to receive Debra's book, "Choosing Marriage," for a gift of any amount!</a>
 
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